Acacia PENNATA (L.) Willd.
| Synonym : | Acacia canescens (Kurz)Gamble Acacia hainanensis Hayata Acacia pennata subsp. Pennata |
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| Bangla Name : | Boloa lot, Kuchi lot, Kuchui. ,Kram Baino (Marma), Larong pata (Tanchangya). |
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| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | stomach complaints,indigestion,bronchitis, asthma |
| Description : | A large scandent shrub, armed with stout, slightly hooked or straight prickles. Leaves 2-pinnate, pinnae 16-30, leaflets 80-100, minute, linear, flowers small, white or pale yellow in large terminal panicles. Pods straight, strap-shaped, thin, 15-20 cm long. |
| Distribution : | In evergreen and scrub forests of Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains lupeol, ?-spinasterol and ?-sitosterol (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | The bark is acrid, hot, cures biliousness, bronchitis, asthma, used with pepper as an anema for stomach complaints. Leaf juice mixed with milk given to infants in indigestion. Leaves are chewed with cumin and sugar in bleeding gums. Leaf paste mixed with |
| Habit : | Shrub |