Senegalia pennata

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Senegalia pennata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Senegalia
Species:
S. pennata
Binomial name
Senegalia pennata
(L.) Maslin
Synonyms
  • Acacia pennata (L.)
    Willd.

Senegalia pennata (English: climbing wattle,

glabrous pinnules. Its yellowish flowers are terminal panicles with globose heads. The pods are thin, flat and long with thick sutures.[1]

Uses

Culinary

Cha-om omelette; a popular Thai and Burmese dish
Thai cuisine. Deep-fried cha-om leaves with Nam phrik kapi

In Northeast India, in the states of Mizoram and Manipur, climbing wattle is an ingredient in indigenous cuisine like kaang-hou (fried vegetables) and eromba. The plant is locally known as khanghmuk in Hmar, khang in Meiteilon and khanghu in Mizo.

In

stir-fries.[2] The edible shoots are picked up before they become tough and thorny.[3]

In

pla thu and commonly used in kaeng som, a sour Thai curry
.

In Vietnam, the plant is cultivated in the Northwest region such as Sơn La and Lai Châu provinces, by the Thái and Khơ Mú ethnic groups as a delicacy vegetable. The leaves have a distinctively stinky odor, and are used in salads (especially with mountain ebony flowers - Bauhinia variegata), as well as in stir-fries, grilled fish, pork or buffalo dishes.

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