Senegalia rugata

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Senegalia rugata

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SOAP-POD. Tropical Asia. The leaves are acid and are used in cookery by the natives of India as a substitute for tamarinds. It is the fei-tsau-tau of the Chinese. The beans are about one-half to three-fourths inch in diameter and are edible after roasting[1].

  1. Smith, F. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China I. 1871.
Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.


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