“Acacia Concinna/Senegalia Rugata” ..local names Shikakai, soap pod, fruit of hair (Shika means hair and Kai means fruit) etc. This commercially grown as well as medicinal tree is found in Central and South India and in tropical Asia, is used in combination of Reetha (Shikakai bark has same saponins compound found in Reetha) and Avla to make natural nourishing shampoo and soap for healthy hair and skin. This thorny climber shrub can be used as bio fence to keep animals away. The mild cleaning action leaves roots and skin healthy, prevents premature greying and promotes hair growth and doesnot strip it off essential oil. The fruit pods, leaves and bark r dried and used in Ayurveda since hundreds of years for skin and hair ailments like eczema, abssecces, leprosy, dandruff, hair fall as well as in jaundice, childbirth, malarial fever, etc. Visit www.hirvaswapna.com for more tips