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Acacia nilotica - Aaavartaki

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[[File:Babool(Acacia nilotica) flowers at Hodal.jpg|thumb|right|''Vachellia nilotica'',''Babul'']]
'''Acacia nilotica''' is a medium-sized deciduous , thorny, nearly evergreen tree that . It can grows up to a height of 20-25 m. It is armed with sharpa multipurpose tree. It provides timber, long spines. Stems and branches usually dark to black colouredfuel, shade, food, fodder, fissured barkhoney, grey-pinkish slashdye, exuding a reddish low quality gumand fences
==Uses==
{{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}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Niryaas}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.<ref name="Parts Used"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|alternateAlternate|stipulateStipulate|stipules Stipules modified into ½ to 2" long straight, white spines, petiolate, compound, bipinnate and paripinnate, pinnae 5-7 pairs, pinnules 10-20 pairs, sessile or subsessile, minute, ovate or oblong, entire, unicostate reticulate.}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexualBisexual|2.5 cm long|bright Bright yellow|4 or 5 petals|Flowers tiny, clustered together in bright-yellow, round heads, Bracteate, ebracteolate, sessile or subsessile, complete, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, hypogynous, pentamerous, yellow, very small. Flowering from July to November}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|lomentumLomentum|up 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==
* [[Vishatinduka TailaDasanakanti churnam]] as ''root juice extract'', [[Tryodashang guggulu]], [[Chandanaadi vati]], [[Narasimha Lehya]], [[Babbularishta]], [[Madanakameshwari Lehya]], [[Loha Rasayanam]]. <ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}., {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Seeds are generally directly sown, seeds may require scarification.
<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Wild forest area}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry arid area}}., {{Commonly seen|Agricultural land}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Vachellia nilotica, Village Behlolpur, Punjab, India.JPG|thumb|Whloe treeFile:Vachellia nilotica, at village Chaparr Chirri, Mohali, Punjab, India.JPG|Whole treeFile:Acacia-nilotica.jpg|LeafFile:Acacia nilotica, peule, a, Uniegeboutuine.jpg|FruitsFile:Gum Arabic exuding.jpg|StemFile:Babool (Acacia nilotica) trunk at Hodal W IMG 1252.jpg|BarkFile:Acacia nilotica-5-yercaud-salem-India.jpg|PodsFile:Babul IMG 6881.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/biology/carbohydrates/acacia-sources-constituents-and-uses/49562 "Chemical constituents"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/tree/acacia-nilotica Morphology]</ref><ref name="morphologyCultivation details">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Acacia_nilotica.html Cultivation details]</ref><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><ref name="Parts Used">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 314</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]

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