Kikar ( Acacia) Seed Oil

Acacia Nilotica The traditional tooth brush for Indians, Babul also known as Kikar or Vachellia Nilotica or Acacia Nilotica is quite a common tree in these parts of the country. Everyone has grown up listening to the Babool toothpaste ad jingle. The traditional tooth brush for Indians, Babul also known as Kikar or Vachellia Nilotica or Acacia Nilotica is quite a common tree in these parts of the country. A thorny tree, Babul shoots up to a height to 12 meters and flaunts small yellow round nectar less flowers. One can spot this gum Arabic tree by its red brown to blackish rough bark, and fern like leaves. Kikar can be spotted in various parts of Chandigarh from the Chandigarh industrial area and the high court parking to Sector 7 and the IT Park road. The tree is in abundance in Haryana, too. It is said that the ancient Shiva temple Babulnath in Mumbai is situated at a place that had babul trees in abundance. Kikar can be grown in any types of soil and has quite a bit of uses,