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Vachellia nilotica, more commonly known as Acacia nilotica, and by the vernacular names of gum arabic tree, [5] babul, [6] thorn mimosa, Egyptian acacia or thorny acacia, [7] is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica is a perennial tree native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is also cultivated in Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. Common names for it include babul, kikar and prickly acacia. [2] Its uses include chemical products, environmental management, fiber, food and drink, forage, medicine and ...
Babul may refer to: Babul, Iran, a city in Mazandaran Province, Iran; Babul (tree) (Acacia nilotica), the gum arabic tree, an acacia native to India, Pakistan, and Africa; Babul (Hindi word) (or Baabul), an archaic Hindi word for father used in songs "Babul", a song by Raamlaxman and Sharda Sinha from the 1994 Indian film Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
In Vietnam, Acacia is used in plantations of non-native species that are regularly clear-cut for paper or timber uses. [43] [44] Wattle bark collected in Australia in the 19th century was exported to Europe where it was used in the tanning process. One ton of wattle or mimosa bark contained about 68 kilograms (150 pounds) of pure tannin. [45]
Names in and around Indian Subcontinent, where the species is widely used for firewood and to make barriers, often compare it to similar trees and note its introduced status; thus in Hindi it is called angaraji babul, Kabuli kikar, vilayati babul, vilayati khejra or vilayati kikar.
Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) [1] [4] and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia. Common names include white leadtree, [5] white popinac, [1] horse tamarind, [1] ipil-ipil, [6] [7] koa haole, [8] and tan-tan. [9]
Indian Cork Tree (Jasmine tree, Akas nim or Nim chameli in Hindi, karkku கர்க்கு in Tamil, Kavuku in Telugu) -- Millingtonia hortensis Java Plum (Black Plum, Jamun in Hindi and Bhojpuri, Kala Jambu in Gujarati, Kalojam in Bengali, ನೇರಳೆ NeraLe in Kannada, Jambhul-जांभूळ in Marathi and Naval or Nagal in Tamil ...
Vachellia nilotica subsp. cupressiformis is a tree native to India and Pakistan. Common names for it include kabuli kikar , ramkanta and ramkati babul . [ 1 ]