Acacia Arabica Indian-Babhool

English Name- Acacia Arabica Indian-Babhool

Babhool (Acacia) is atree native to india.
Thhis tree is amember of fabaceae plant family. This is asmall armed tree with black fissured bark. The leaves are bipinnate with main rachis hairy in addition with glands. The leaflets are 10-25 pairs. The flowers are yellow in colour, generally blossom in july to January.

Usage-

The gum and bark are good tanning material.
The bark is useful as toothpaste ingredient.the seeds are useful in curing premature ejaculation. Bark, gum, and seeds are used as Ayurvedic herbal medicine.

Chemical- tannic acid

Kown as an other language-

Hindi Name –Bbul, pankikar
Marathi Name –Babhul
Gujrathi name-Baaval
Bengali Name –Babla
Kannad Name –jalli
Telugu Name- Barburam
Tamil and malyalam Name-karuvell
Sanskrit Name –Babhool
Botanical Name –Acacia Arabica



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