Acacia jacquemontii Benth
MS132 : Acacia jacquemontii Benth
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ratio-banwal, Baon??, Bu-banvali |
| Plant Family | : | MIMOSOIDEAE |
| Description | : | An erect shrub, 1.2-2.5 m tall, twigs zigzag, bark greyish brown, young shoots slightly puberulous. Spines stipular, straight, white, connate at the base, 1.5-5 cm long. Rachis 0.8-5 cm long, glabrous, usually with a gland between the upper pair of pinnae. Pinnae 1-4 pairs, 5-15 cm long. Leaflets 5-10 pairs, sessile, c. 2.5-4 mm long, c. 1-1.5 mm broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Inflorescence pedunculate heads in axillary fascicles of 2-8, rarely shortly racemose or umbellate, flowers yellow, fragnant, peduncle c. 1.2-2.5 cm long, bracts 2-3, about the middle of the peduncle. Calyx c. 1 mm long, campanulate. Corolla 2.5 mm long. Pod 5-7.5 cm long, c. 0.8-1.7 cm broad, glabrous, reticulately veined, 5-6 seeded, stipe c. 3-5 mm long. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Was noted on outer hills of Dharni and Ghatang |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | They are used in the treatment of Diarrhea and dysentery, and can also be helpful in cases of internal bleeding. Applied externally, often as a wash, they are used to treat wounds and other skin problems, haemorrhoids, perspiring feet, some eye problems, as a mouth wash. This is sometimes taken internally in the treatment of Diarrhea and haemorrhoids. Powdered bark is used against snake bite and scorpion sting, and for inducing spontaneous abortion. Gum is used for the treatment of kidney and renal disorders. Boiled gum is used for curing asthma,mouth sores, and toothache. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: n-triacontanol; n-octucosanol; luteolin; apigenin; beta-sitosterol; stigmasterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; Luteolin; Stigmasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Choudhary, K., Singh, M., Pillai, U., and Shekhawat, N.S.; "Antibacterial Screening and Phytochemical investigation of bark extracts of Acacia jacquemontii"; Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2010); 2(2): 21-26 PMID : ~ Choudhary, K., Singh, M., andShekhawat, N. S. ; "Ethnobotany of Acacia jacquemontii-An Uncharted Tree of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 6(1) PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosids |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Acacia |
| Species | : Acacia jacquemontii Benth |