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Saturday, 3 August 2013

Acacia pennata (L.)Willd.

Family- Mimosaceae.
Habitat Throughout India; ascending to 1,700 m in the Himalayas.
Ayurvedic- Lataakhadira, Aadaari,Ari.
Siddha/Tamil- Indan, Indu. Iyak Koluntu (tender leaves).
Folk- Aila.
Action- Bark—antibilious, antiasthmatic.Leaf—stomachic, styptic(for bleeding gum), antiseptic (for
scalding of urine). A decoction of young leaves is taken for body pain,headache and fever.The bark contains tannin 9%, lupeol and alpha-spinasterol. Stem yields sitosterol.

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