EPPO Global Database

Senegalia senegal(ACASE)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-09-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ACASE
  • Preferred name: Senegalia senegal
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Britton

Notes

Western Asia (Arabia, Pakistan), India, practically all Africa. Used medicinally. Introduced in China (Taiwan)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Acacia rupestris Stokes
Acacia senegal (Linnaeus) Willdenow
Acacia trispinosa Stokes
Acacia verek Guillemin & Perrotet

Common names
Name Language
gum arabic English
gum-arabic acacia English
kher English
Senegal gum English
Sudan gum arabic English
three-hook thorn English (ZA)
Gummi-Akazie German
Gummiarabicumbaum German
Senegalakazie German
acacia à gomme arabique French
acacia à gomme du Sénégal French
acacia du Sénégal French
gommier blanc French
acacia senegal Spanish
goma arábiga Spanish
acacia del Senegal Italian
albero gommifero Italian
Arabische gomboom Dutch
witte gomboom Dutch
acácia-da-goma-arábica Portuguese
acácia-do-Senegal Portuguese
goma-arábica Portuguese
acacia Senegal Swedish
arabia-gamu Japanese
アラビアガム Japanese
акация сенегальская Russian
driehaakdoring Afrikaans
ā lā bó jiāo shù Chinese
阿拉伯胶树 Chinese