Santal seeds - Red Seyal Acacia (Acacia seyal)

Common name: Acacia – Red Seyal Tree Scientific name: Acacia seyal Other names: Red Seyal Red Seyal or Acacia Seyal tree is a thorny tree with a flat top, growing with a trunk inclined towards red, reaching up to 12 meters in height. Its branches are also covered with a reddish layer that comes off when peeled, and the branches appear shiny green. At the base of the tree—before the leaves—there is a pair of straight thorns. - Red Seyal flower: The flowers are yellow, arranged in a round cluster with a fragrant smell, appearing in spring. - Red Seyal fruit and seeds: The fruit is a narrow, elongated pod about 15 cm long, containing small, oval-shaped, black seeds inside. - Red Seyal planting season: It is planted in autumn and spring, and can also be cultivated year-round in agricultural protected areas, enclosed or plastic places where temperature can be controlled, sunlight reaches the plant, or where adequate lighting is available. - Suitable climate and soil for Red Seyal: Red Seyal grows in cohesive, poor, alkaline clay soils. It tolerates salinity, high temperatures, frost, and drought, and thrives in sunny locations. - How to cultivate Red Seyal: It propagates through seeds after soaking them in water for one or two days before planting. Seeds are planted at a depth of 1–2 cm. - Benefits and uses: Red Seyal trees are resistant shade trees, used as a source of fodder, in addition to medicinal uses. - Native habitat of Red Seyal: Red Seyal is widespread in the Arab East and East Africa.