Acacia aroma

Hook. & Arn.

Fabaceae Edible: Fruit, Seeds

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. There are prickles along the stem. The leaves are twice divided and there are 8-18 pairs of pinnae. There are up to 50 pairs of pinnules on each pinnae. The flowers are yellow. They are in large clusters at the ends of branches. The pods are flattened.

Edible Uses

The fruit and seeds are crushed to make flour or fermented.

Traditional Uses

The fruit or seeds are crushed to make flour. They are also fermented.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Patagonia, South America,

Also Known As

Pehen, Tusca

References (3)

Molares, S. & Ladio, A., 2012, The Usefulness of Edible and Medicinal Fabaceae in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia: Environmental Availability and Other Sources of Supply. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 901918, 12 pages
Palmieri, V. S., et al, 2018, Aproximaciones etnobotánicas de las especies y prácticas de frutos nativos comestibles de la Actualidad. Aportes para la interpretación del pasado prehispánico de cerro colorado (Córdoba, Argentina). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 53 (1): 115-133
Polini, G., et al, Useful and edible plants of Paraguay Region of Chaco. p 74