- Family:
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Mimosaceae.
- Habitat:
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Throughout India; ascending to 1,700 m in the Himalayas.
- Ayurvedic:
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Lataakhadira, Aadaari, Ari.
- Siddha/Tamil:
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Indan, Indu. Iyak Koluntu (tender leaves).
- Folk:
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Aila.
- Action:
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Bark—antibilious, antiasthmatic. Leaf—stomachic, styptic (for bleeding gum), antiseptic (for scalding of urine). A decoction of young leaves is taken for body pain, headache and fever.
The bark contains tannin 9%, lupeol and alpha-spinasterol. Stem yields sitosterol.
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Khare, C. (2007). Acacia pennata (L.) Willd.. In: Khare, C. (eds) Indian Medicinal Plants. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_14
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