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Acacia nilotica - Aaavartaki

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Vachellia nilotica,Babul

Acacia nilotica is a medium-sized deciduous tree that is armed with sharp, long spines. Stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum.

Uses

Parts Used

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.[1]

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

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, pinnules 10-20 pairs, sessile or subsessile, minute, ovate or oblong, entire, unicostate reticulate.

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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, complete, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, hypogynous, pentamerous, yellow, very small

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 {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Seeds are generally directly sown, seeds may require scarification. [4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • Whloe tree

  • Whole tree

  • Leaf

  • Fruits

  • Stem

  • Bark

  • pods

  • Flowers

References

  1. ↑ "Chemical constituents"
  2. ↑ "morphology"
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Ayurvedic preparations
  4. ↑ "Cultivation details"

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