Mora sengai PRODUCT NAME
Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib. = Acacia caecia Willd. Mimosa torta Roxb. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Mora sengai |
| Local Name: | Mora sengai (Irula = Kurumba); Tamil-Seengaikodi |
| Family: | Mimosaceae |
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| Product Description: | An armed straggler. Flower: In terminal panicles, white. Fruit: A flat pod, prominently nerved, base attenuate and apex obtuse, reddish. Seeds 6, compressed. Branchlets yellowish pubescent with intermodal thorns. Leaflets 24-40 pairs. A favourite food for elephants. The foetid flowers attract bees. |
| NTFP Classification: | Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India Pakistan |
| Description: | Hills upto 1000m. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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