Phytochemical screening, antioxidant, antifungal potentials of Acacia auriculiformis floral Scent composition

Abstract

Acacia auriculiformis is a straight, medium-sized evergreen tree of the family of Mimosaceae with a height of 15-meter-tall, often multi-stemmed; young growth glaucous. Leaves alternate, simple, reduced to phyllodes (flattened leaf stalks). Flowers in loose, yelloworange spikes at leaf axils or in clusters of spikes at stem tips; flowers mimosa-like, with numerous free stamens. Fruit a flat, oblong pod, twisted at maturity, splitting to reveal flat black seeds attached by orange, string like arils.1