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[[File:Babool(Acacia nilotica) flowers at Hodal.jpg|thumb|right|''Vachellia nilotica'',''Babul'']]
 
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'''Acacia nilotica''' is a medium sized, thorny, nearly evergreen tree. It can grows up to a height of 20-25 m. It is a multipurpose tree. It provides timber, fuel, shade, food, fodder, honey, dye, gum and fences.
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Sexual problems}}, {{Uses|Eye diseases}}, {{Uses|Heal wounds}}, {{Uses|Bleeding of the uterus}}, {{Uses|Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Throat problems}}, {{Uses|Stomach problems}}, {{Uses|Hair problems}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}.
  
Babul or Vachellia nilotica widely known by the taxonomic synonym Acacia nilotica, or common names  [[Gum arabic]], कीकर '''Kikar''' (Hindi), बबूल '''Babul''' (Marathi), '''Nalla tumma''' (Telugu), '''Babli''' (Kannada), '''Karivelam''' (Malayalam), '''kaRuvELai''' (Tamil), '''Babaria''' (Gujarati)
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==Parts Used==
Botanical name: '''Acacia nilotica subsp, indica'''<ref name="common names"/>
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{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Niryaas}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}<ref name="Parts Used"/>
  
== Description ==
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==Chemical Composition==
 
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Polysaccharide Arabin (Mixture of calcium, magnesium and potassium salts of arabic acid).Arabic acid on hydrolysis gives D-galactose, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose and D-glucoronic acid.Also contain enzyme oxidase and peroxidase.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
Vachellia nilotica is a tree 5–20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7.5 cm (3 in) long in young trees, mature trees commonly without thorns. The leaves are bipinnate, with 3–6 pairs of pinnulae and 10–30 pairs of leaflets each, tomentose, rachis with a gland at the bottom of the last pair of pinnulae. Flowers in globulous heads 1.2–1.5 cm in diameter of a bright golden-yellow color, set up either axillary or whorly on peduncles 2–3 cm long located at the end of the branches. Pods are strongly constricted, hairy, white-grey, thick and softly tomentose. Its seeds number approximately 8000/kg.<ref name="description/>
 
  
== Uses ==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=Babli|ml=Karivelam|sa=Aaavartaki|ta=karuvelai|te=Nalla tumma|hi=Babool|en=Gum Arabic}}
  
*The tender twig of this plant is used as a toothbrush in south-east Africa and India.
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==Properties==
*The exudate gum of this tree is known as gum arabic and has been collected from the pharaonic times for the manufacture of medicines, dyes and paints
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
*The tree's wood is "very durable if water-seasoned" and its uses include tool handles and lumber for boats.<ref name="uses"/>
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===Dravya===
  
==common name==
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===Rasa===
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Kashaya (Astringent)
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===Guna===
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Guru (Ruksha)
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===Veerya===
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Sheeta (Cold)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha
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===Prabhava===
  
* '''English''' - Babul
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==Habit==
* '''Kannada''' - Babli
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{{Habit|Tree}}
* '''Hindi''' - कीकर
 
  
== References ==
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Alternate|Stipulate|Stipules modified into ½ to 2" long straight, white spines, petiolate, compound, bipinnate and paripinnate, pinnae 5-7 pairs.}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|2.5 cm long|Bright yellow|4 or 5 petals|Flowers tiny, clustered together in bright-yellow, round heads, Bracteate, ebracteolate, sessile or subsessile. Flowering from July to November}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Lomentum|Up to 8cm long| A lomentum, pods linear-oblong, glaucous-green, jointed, joints nearly orbicular, compressed, minutely hairy|12-20 seeds||Fruiting from January to February}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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[[Dasanakanti churnam]], [[Tryodashang guggulu]], [[Chandanaadi vati]], [[Narasimha Lehya]], [[Babbularishta]], [[Madanakameshwari Lehya]], [[Loha Rasayanam]].
 
   
 
   
<references>
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
<ref name="common names">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Babool.html "Flowers of India"]</ref>
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<ref name="description">[http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/Q2190E/Q2190E10.htm "Handbook on Seeds of Dry-zone Acacias FAO"]</ref>
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==Where to get the saplings==
<ref name="uses">[https://books.google.com/books?id=CfDcl2m-6BMC&pg=PA7&dq=%22acacia+longifolia%22+uses "Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or naturalization"]</ref>
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Seeds are generally directly sown, seeds may require scarification.
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<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Wild forest area}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry arid area}}, {{Commonly seen|Agricultural land}}
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Vachellia nilotica, Village Behlolpur, Punjab, India.JPG|thumb|Whloe tree
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File:Vachellia nilotica, at village Chaparr Chirri, Mohali, Punjab, India.JPG|Whole tree
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File:Acacia-nilotica.jpg|Leaf
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File:Acacia nilotica, peule, a, Uniegeboutuine.jpg|Fruits
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File:Gum Arabic exuding.jpg|Stem
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File:Babool (Acacia nilotica) trunk at Hodal W IMG 1252.jpg|Bark
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File:Acacia nilotica-5-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|Pods
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File:Babul IMG 6881.jpg|Flowers
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>  
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/biology/carbohydrates/acacia-sources-constituents-and-uses/49562 Chemical constituents]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/tree/acacia-nilotica Morphology]</ref>
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<ref name="Cultivation details">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Acacia_nilotica.html Cultivation details]</ref>
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.318, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
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<ref name="Parts Used">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 314</ref>
 
</references>
 
</references>
  
== External Links ==
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==External Links==
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* [https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Acacia-Nilotica-Cid1297 Acacia nilotica-uses, benefits, sideeffects, nutrients]
  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_nilotica Vachellia nilotica -Wikipedia]
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* [https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/11945238/acacia-nilotica-subsp-nilotica-fabaceae-mimosoideae-world- Acacia nilotica on yumpu]
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* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22581332 In vivo and in vitro effect of Acacia nilotica seed proteinase inhibitors on Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) larvae]
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* [https://www.feedipedia.org/node/346 Acacia nilotica on feedipedia.org]
  
 
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[[Category:Herbs]]
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[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
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[[Category:Fabaceae]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 May 2023

Vachellia nilotica,Babul

Acacia nilotica is a medium sized, thorny, nearly evergreen tree. It can grows up to a height of 20-25 m. It is a multipurpose tree. It provides timber, fuel, shade, food, fodder, honey, dye, gum and fences.

Uses

Sexual problems, Eye diseases, Heal wounds, Bleeding of the uterus, Liver problems, Jaundice, Throat problems, Stomach problems, Hair problems, Skin problems.

Parts Used

Fruits, Niryaas, Leaves[1]

Chemical Composition

Polysaccharide Arabin (Mixture of calcium, magnesium and potassium salts of arabic acid).Arabic acid on hydrolysis gives D-galactose, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose and D-glucoronic acid.Also contain enzyme oxidase and peroxidase.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Babli
Hindi Babool
Malayalam Karivelam
Tamil karuvelai
Telugu Nalla tumma
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Aaavartaki
English Gum Arabic


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Guru (Ruksha)

Veerya

Sheeta (Cold)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Alternate Stipulate Stipules modified into ½ to 2" long straight, white spines, petiolate, compound, bipinnate and paripinnate, pinnae 5-7 pairs.

.[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual 2.5 cm long Bright yellow 4 or 5 petals Flowers tiny, clustered together in bright-yellow, round heads, Bracteate, ebracteolate, sessile or subsessile. Flowering from July to November

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Lomentum Up to 8cm long A lomentum, pods linear-oblong, glaucous-green, jointed, joints nearly orbicular, compressed, minutely hairy 12-20 seeds Fruiting from January to February

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Dasanakanti churnam, Tryodashang guggulu, Chandanaadi vati, Narasimha Lehya, Babbularishta, Madanakameshwari Lehya, Loha Rasayanam.

[4]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings

How to plant/cultivate

Seeds are generally directly sown, seeds may require scarification. [5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Wild forest area, Dry arid area, Agricultural land

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 314
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. Morphology
  4. "Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.318, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru.
  5. Cultivation details

External Links