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Botanical Classification |
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Plantae |
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Magnolophyta |
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Magnoliopsida |
Family |
Mimosaceae |
Genus |
Acacia |
Species |
sinuata |
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Family |
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Botanical – Mimosaceae
Ayurvedic – shimbi kul
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Other Names |
- English : Soapnut-acacia
- Hindi : satala Koci
- Kannada : Sege
- Malayalam : Carmalanta carmantala, Cikkakka Cinikka, Civikka
- Sanskrit : Saptala Carmasahva
- Tamil : Cikaikkai, Ciyakkai, Cikkai
- Telugu : Sikaya
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Habitat |
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Throughout India, in tropical forests.
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Morphology |
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A stout prickly climbing shrub with brown branches dotted with white; leaves bipinnate, main rachis bearing sharp hooked prickles and a large gland on the petiole, pinnae 8 pairs or more, leaflets subsessile, sensitive, unequal sided, glabrous; flowers small in globose heads, polygamous; fruits short-stalked thin pods, flat, coriaceous, the sutures straight: seeds 6 -10 per pod.
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Chemical Constituents |
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Leaves contain alkaloids, nicotine and colycotomine, a triterpentine. Saponin ascorbic acid, rutin, tannin and also oxalic, tartaric, citric and succinic acids, tartaric racimase. Constituents similar to Tamarindus indicus and some other indigenous plant used for. Seeds yield acacinin-A & B, and tree sugar, concinnin.Pods yield saponins (20.8%) saponins (acacinin-C, -D & - E), oligo - and polysac- charides. Aquas Extracts of pods, machaerinic acid & its lactone, sapogenin B, and a new ester of acacic acid. Str. Of acacigenin-B. Neutral fraction of acid hydrolysate of saponins cf pods, acacic acid lactone-3-OAc and a new nortriterpenene, acacidiol. Bark contains hexacosanol, lupeol, a-spinasterol, a-spinasterone, acacic acid lactone, and an amorphous saponin, the saponin spermic. With maximum activity at 0.004% dilution. An acacic acid saponin from bark, spermic. Bark saponin also haemolytic
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Pharmacology |
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It is pitta and kapha suppressant. It is widely used fevers especially that of malarial fever. It helps in clotting of blood and liver related disorders and is effective in jaundice. It is a good anti-inflammatory herb. It also helps in relieving from itching and other skin ailments. It relieves from swelling in spleen and liver. It helps in relieving from dandruff. It is anti-wormal in actions. It is a good germicidal and helps in curbing any infection happening in the body.
According to ayurveda it contains
- Gunna (properties) – ruksh (dry) and laghu (light)
- Rasa (taste) – tickt (bitter) and kashaya (astringent)
- Virya (potency) – sheet (cold)
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Toxicology |
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It has no toxic effect on human body if taken in limited amount.
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Plant part used |
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Pods and bark.
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Indication |
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- Fever
- Gastric infection
- Skin ailments
- Hair fall naddandruff
- Germicidal
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Uses |
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- Leaves - infusion given in malarial fever. Leaves acidic, a chutney made of tender leaves. Salt, tamarind and chillies given in bilious infections, such as jaundice.
- Pods and seeds-in N. Bengal as fishpoison. An ointment prepared from ground pods, used for skin diseases. A decoct. Used to remove dandruff. Known as shi (Ka) kai, extensively used as a detergent, seeds reported to be roasted and eaten. Pod decoction. Used to kill lice and in skin diseases.
- Bark- extract from bark is used in leprosy and germicidal
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