Vachellia farnesiana

Vachellia farnesiana

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2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Description

• 1, flowering branch; 2, gland on petiole; 3, mucronate top of leaf rachis; 4, inflorescences; 5, mature fruits (PROSEA).
  1, flowering branch; 2, gland on petiole; 3, mucronate top of leaf rachis; 4, inflorescences; 5, mature fruits (PROSEA).

Uses

CASSIE-OIL PLANT. HUISACHE. OPOPANAX. POPINAC. SPONGE TREE. WEST INDIAN BLACKTHORN. Tropics. This species is cultivated all over India and is indigenous in America, from New Orleans, Texas and Mexico, to Buenos Aires and Chile, and is sometimes cultivated. It exudes a gum which is collected in Sind. The flowers distil a delicious perfume.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

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