''Senegalia pennata'' ( en, climbing wattle, vi, rau thối, th, ชะอม ''cha-om'', my, ဆူးပုပ်, ; km, ស្អំ;

Meiteilon Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in pa ...

: ''khang'',

Thadou-Kuki Thadou (Thado, Thaadou, Thado-Pao, Thadou-Kuki) is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Northern Kuki-Chin-Mizo linguistic sub branch. It is spoken in the northeastern part of India (specifically in Manipur and Assam). It is spoken by the Thadou pe ...

: khang-khu, Paite Language: Khangkhuh,

Mizo Mizo may refer to: *Mizo people, an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Myanmar (Burma) and eastern Bangladesh *Mizo language, a language spoken by the Mizo people *Mizoram, a state in Northeast India *Lusei people, an ethnic group ...

: khanghu,

Hmar Hmar may refer to: *Hmars or Hmar people *Hmar language Hmar language, also known by its endonym Khawsak Ṭawng, belongs to the Kukish branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. The speakers of the language are also known as Hmar. Acc ...

: ''khanghmuk'', Biate: khang-hu,

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

: petai duri), is a species of plant which is native to

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

and Southeast Asia. It is a shrub or small tropical tree which grows up to in height. Its leaves are bipinnate with linear-oblong and glabrous pinnules. Its yellowish flowers are terminal

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s with globose heads. The pods are thin, flat and long with thick sutures.

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In Northeast India, in the states of Mizoram and Manipur, climbing wattle is an ingredient in indigenous cuisine like ''kaang-hou'' (fried vegetables) and eromba. The plant is locally known as ''khanghmuk'' in

, ''khang'' in Meiteilon and ''khanghu'' in Mizo. In Burma, Cambodia,

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Indonesia and Thailand, the feathery shoots of ''Senegalia pennata'' are used in

soup Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ing ...

s, curries, omelettes and

stir-fries Stir frying () is a cooking technique in which ingredients are fried in a small amount of very hot oil while being stirred or tossed in a wok. The technique originated in China and in recent centuries has spread into other parts of Asia and th ...

. The edible shoots are picked up before they become tough and thorny. In Northern Thai cuisine, ''cha-om'' is also eaten raw with Thai salads, such as ''tam mamuang'' (

mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...

salad), and it is one of the ingredients of kaeng khae curry.Kaeng Khae Kai (Katurai Chilli Soup with Chicken)
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Central Thailand Central Thailand (Central plain) or more specifically Siam (also known as Suvarnabhumi and Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from northeast Thailand (Isan) by ...

and Isan it is usually boiled or fried. ''Cha-om'' omelet pieces are one of the usual ingredients of '' nam phrik

pla thu The short mackerel or shortbodied mackerel (''Rastrelliger brachysoma'') is a species of mackerel in the family Scombridae. Its habitat is the shallow waters of Southeast Asia and Melanesia, feeding mainly on small zooplankton. It is of major im ...

'' and commonly used in '' kaeng som'', a sour Thai curry. In Vietnam, the plant is cultivated in the Northwest region such as Sơn La and Lai Châu provinces, by the Thái and Khơ Mú ethnic groups as a delicacy vegetable. The leaves have a distinctively stinky odor, and are used in salads (especially with mountain ebony flowers - Bauhinia variegata), as well as in stir-fries, grilled fish, pork or buffalo dishes.

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Thai vegetables

pennata Pennata is a wreck of the crater of Lake Miseno; it is part of the ''comune'' of Bacoli. It has been considered a small island since November 4, 1966 (the same day as the flood in Florence), when, following a violent sea storm, the strip of sand ...

Drought-tolerant trees Thai cuisine {{Fabaceae-tree-stub

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