Acacia torta (Roxb.)Craib
Acacia torta (Roxb.)Craib
Acacia torta (Roxb.)Craib
Acacia torta (Roxb.)Craib
MC014 : Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 181 |
| Synonym | : | Mimosa torta Roxb.;
Acacia caesia auct. non. Willd.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chilati, Twisted Acacia, Alia, Katnar, Chillari, |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along stream banks and in ravines; rather occasional |
| 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.
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| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: acacic acid; Lupeol; Acaciol; tryptamine; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Lupeol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Acacia |
| Species | : Acacia torta (Roxb.)Craib |