Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger

A shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall. It can grow 35 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. It is spiny. The trunk is straight. The leaves are twice divided. There are 12-30 leaflets. The flowers are dull white. They are in groups made up of several small round heads. The pods are 10-20 cm long. They have a covering over them.

A tropical plant. It grows in wasteland and open forest. It grows in dried parts of India. In Timor it grows on heavy clay soils below 300 m altitude in the Savannah. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 450-1,560 mm. It grows in dry shallow soils. It can grow in arid places.

The young pods and seeds are used as a vegetable. The seeds are germinated and cooked. The seeds are ground and mixed with flour. The bark is ground and mixed with flour when food is short. The bark is also used to flavour brewed spirit made from sugarcane and palm juice.

Plants are grown from seed. The seedlings must have light. The plant can be cut back and will re-grow.