Acacia senegal
Uses
Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): soft, inner bark chewed (?). India (Rajasthan, western): seeds fried and eaten separately or mixed with jowar or bajra (millet). Used as vegetable [sic]. Eaten in the Indian State of Bihar, during the 19th Century Oudh famine. Extensive and exclusive consumption produced lathyrism.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrism.
Chemical composition: pods contain 15% digestible protein and 0;12% – 0.14% phosphorus.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- (L.) Willd.
- Vernaculars:
- Kikuyu: mu -Nyua
- Misc:
- Soil type favored by plant: stabilised sand dunes.
