Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.Hurter [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Vachellia seyal var. fistula (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Vachellia seyal var. seyal

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acacia	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
acaciae gummi	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
ale	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arombe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bu denkan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bulki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chowogh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chuwugh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dushe kerafi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
echekereng	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekoramai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekoromait	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
elereta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
elereta-nanyokie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
epineux	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fonah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fulai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fulaii wajol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fullai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iddaado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iddad'o	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kisewa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lebrai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lerai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mimosa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mimosa epineux	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muaa-mweo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugarit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugurit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mureera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musewa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mweya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndomb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okulu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olerai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olerai--oibor	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oljerai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oriang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red acacia	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
rena	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
renon (plural)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sade	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seyal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shittah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shittim	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shittim wood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shittimwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shittium	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soffa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spray-dried acacia	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
surur	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
talca	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
talh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
talh abiad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
talh ahmar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
talka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thirtythorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
waachu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waachu-adi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waaqu-hallu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wacho dima	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wachu dima	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waddi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wajo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
whistling thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
whistling tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
whistlingtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white whistling wood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk, branch	gummy exudate	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Barks, gums, seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
trunk and branches	gum	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
trunk, branch	air-hardened, gummy exudate	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
trunk, branch	Air-hardened, gummy exudate flowing naturally from or obtained by incision or of the trunk and branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia seyal Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 286 (1813).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acacia seyal	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Acacia seyal Del.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Acacia seyal Delaroche	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acacia seyal Delile	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acacia seyal Delile seyal	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acacia seyal var. seyal	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Vachellia seyal (Delile) P. J. H. Hurter	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.Hurter	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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