MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC014 : Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 181 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Along stream banks and in ravines; rather occasional | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Fabaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Chilati, Twisted Acacia, Alia, Katnar, Chillari, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Mimosa torta Roxb. Acacia caesia auct. non. Willd. |
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| Description : | Twisted Acacia is a large climbing shrub, 5-6 m tall. Stem prickly and pubescent when young, prominently fluted and angled when old. Thorns up to 2.5 mm long. Leaves double-pinnate. Pinnae 7-19 pairs, 5-10 cm long. Leaflets 6-42 pairs, 4-8 mm long, 2-3 mm broad, ciliate, pubescent on both sides. Leaflets are close enough tp touch each other. Inflorescence large terminal panicle. White-creamish spherical flower-heads 30 flowered, like bract 1.5 mm long, linear, spathulate, villous. Corolla 3 mm long, slightly pubescent. Pod 10-15 cm long, 2-3 mm broad, velvety brown when young, glabrous when mature, flat, reddish brown. Flowering: June-September. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Flower : emmenagogue. Bark : anti-inflammatory, anti-septic (in skin diseases). Various plant parts are used in cough, bronchitis, measles, tubercular fistula and in the treatment of menstrual disorders. The bark is used for washing the hail. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | acacic acid Lupeol Acaciol tryptamine |
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| Reference : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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