Acacia FARNESIANA (L.) Willd.
| Synonym : | Acacia acicularis Willd. Acacia farnesiana var. Farnesiana Acacia indica (Poir.) Desv. Farnesia |
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| Bangla Name : | Guyababla, Belati Babul. |
| English Name : | Cassie flowers, Sponge tree, Strinking Acacia. |
| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | , itching, bronchitis, leucoderma, ulcers, inflammations and erysipelas,gonorrhoea. |
| Description : | A small, much branching, deciduous tree or shrub with zigzag branches and stipular spines. Leaves 2-pinnate, pinnae 8-16, leaflets 20-40. Flowers very small, fragrant, deep-yellow, in globose axillary heads, 1.25 cm diam. Fruit 5-7.6 cm long, subcylindric, turgid, slightly curved. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Rangamati (found only under cultivation near tribal houses). |
| Chemical Constituents : | Isorhamnetin-3,7-glucorhamnoside, gallic acid, ellagic acid, m-digallic acid, methyl gallate, kaempferol, aromadendrin, naringenin, kaempferol-7-diglucoside, naringenin-7-glucoside and a new glycoside, probably naringenin-7-diglucoside acylated with galli |
| Uses : | : Bark is alexiteric, anthelmintic, antidysenteric and astringent, cures stomatitis, caries of the teeth, itching, bronchitis, leucoderma, ulcers, inflammations and erysipelas, given for prolapsus ani and leucorrhoea. The tander leaves bruished in little |
| Habit : | Tree |