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            Acacia nilotica   (L.) Willd. ex Del. Zarma name: bani, baani | 
           
          
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            A common acacia species with yellow flowers. | 
           
          
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            Uses: | 
            Food (grain), medicine (pods, grain), fodder (leaves), fence material (branch) | 
           
          
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            Notes: | 
            The seed is pounded and added to a millet porridge (donu) to give it a flavour. | 
           
          
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