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[[File:Acacia pennata (2853616902).jpg|thumb|right|''Ballikhadira'', ''Acacia pennata'']]
 
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Acacia pennata is a thorny straggling climber that grows in hot and dry forests. It can climb on trees and branch profusely with its long branches.
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'''Acacia pennata''' is a large scrambling or climbing shrub. It is native to South, and South-East Asia, and found throughout India up to 1700 meters in the Himalayas. It is a very useful plant with edible leaves.
 
==Uses==
 
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{{Uses|Stomach ache}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Scalding of Urine}}, {{Uses|Bleeding gums}}, {{Uses|Headache}}, {{Uses|Bodypain}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Asthama}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
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{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
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{{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
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Phytochemical investigations of the aerial parts of Acacia pennata (Mimosaceae) from Myanmar led to the isolation of five flavonoid glycosides and six known compounds.
 
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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|sa=Ari, Vallikhadira|en=Rusty mimosa, Climibing wattle|hi=Aglabel, Biswal, Shembi|kn=Kaadu Seege|ml=Kattusinikka, Peincha, Kareencha|mr=Shembarat|ta=Kattintu, Vellai Indu|te=Guba Korinda}}
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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===Dravya===
 
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===Guna===
 
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==Identification==
 
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===Leaf===
 
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{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Alternate|branchlets, rachises and inflorescence densely, minutely, light brown tomentellous; the branches and the underside of the rachises with recurved, hooked, smooth prickles, those on the branchlets 2-4 mm long, their base broad. Leanes alternate, bipinnate; rachis up to 15 cm long with 4 cm petiolar part which has scattered c. 1 mm long prickles and a large, flattish, oval gland near its base; smaller, more rounded flattened glands are found between the bases of the upper 1-3 pairs of pinnae; pinnae 7-18 pairs, up to 4 cm long with slender, sparsely tomentellous rachillae without thorns; leaflets sessile, chartaceous, overlapping, usually glabrous with fimbriate margins, very small, 30-50 pairs, very narrow, linear, base oblique, midrib diagonal, running along and very near the margins, 2-3 x 0.5-1 mm, mucronate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Elliptic|Leaf Arrangement is Alternate - spiral, Leaf Apex is Acute, Leaf Base is Truncate and Leaf Margin is Entire.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary and terminal panicles of heads|Creamish white||Flower heads globose, 1-3 together in leaf axils and these combined into a terminal, many-umbelled panicles, up to 20 cm long, densely pale brown tomentellous. Heads 1-2 cm diameter. Flowers subsessile; bracts spathulate, apical part fimbriate. Buds brown red. Calyx thin, campanulate, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous or very minutely and shortly pilose, the teeth distinct, 1 mm long, brown red. Corolla hardly 1 mm longer than the calyx, light green, the tips of the lobes green or red brown.}}
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary and terminal panicles of heads|Creamish white||Flower heads globose, 1-3 together in leaf axils and these combined into a terminal|Flowering: October - January}}
  
 
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{{Fruit|Pods|15-20 x 2-3 cm||strap-shaped, flat with slightly raised sutures, smooth, reddish brown, thin, the suture straight with few or no indents, dehiscent, along both sutures, distinctly stalked, apex acute|seeds 6-12, flat, round; the pod slightly bullate over the seeds.|}}
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{{Fruit|A stipitate pod|15-20 x 2-3 cm||Strap-shaped, flat with slightly raised sutures, smooth, reddish brown|Seeds 8-12|Fruiting: October - January}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
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{{Commonly seen|Forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Avoiding drier regions}}, {{Commonly seen|Chiefly along rivers}}, {{Commonly seen|Ravines}}, {{Commonly seen|At elevations}}.
  
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Flavonoid-glycosides-from-the-aerial-parts-of-in-Kim-Choi/459075a9aea7fca2211979d93824c49bb62396fc Chemistry]</ref>
  
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32012"morphology"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32012 Morphology]</ref>
  
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[Cultivation]</ref>
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<ref name="Uses">Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag, Page no: 35
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Acacia-Pennata-Cid2472 Acacia pennata on herbpathy.com]
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[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
 
[[Category:Fabaceae]]

Latest revision as of 17:18, 23 January 2021

Ballikhadira, Acacia pennata

Acacia pennata is a large scrambling or climbing shrub. It is native to South, and South-East Asia, and found throughout India up to 1700 meters in the Himalayas. It is a very useful plant with edible leaves.

Uses

Stomach ache, Indigestion, Scalding of Urine, Bleeding gums, Headache, Bodypain, Bronchitis, Asthama.[1]

Parts Used

Stem, Leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

Phytochemical investigations of the aerial parts of Acacia pennata (Mimosaceae) from Myanmar led to the isolation of five flavonoid glycosides and six known compounds. [2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Kaadu Seege
Hindi Aglabel, Biswal, Shembi
Malayalam Kattusinikka, Peincha, Kareencha
Tamil Kattintu, Vellai Indu
Telugu Guba Korinda
Marathi Shembarat
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Ari, Vallikhadira
English Rusty mimosa, Climibing wattle


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Bipinnate Elliptic Leaf Arrangement is Alternate - spiral, Leaf Apex is Acute, Leaf Base is Truncate and Leaf Margin is Entire.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Axillary and terminal panicles of heads Creamish white Flower heads globose, 1-3 together in leaf axils and these combined into a terminal

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A stipitate pod 15-20 x 2-3 cm Strap-shaped, flat with slightly raised sutures, smooth, reddish brown Seeds 8-12 Fruiting: October - January

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Forests, Avoiding drier regions, Chiefly along rivers, Ravines, At elevations.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Habit

  • Flowers

  • Flowers

References

  1. ↑ Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag, Page no: 35
  2. ↑ Chemistry
  3. ↑ Morphology
  4. ↑ [Cultivation]

External Links

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