Botanical name : Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.
Family : Mimosaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Arimeda
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta, Katu
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : White babool, Distiller’s acacia
Hindi : Safed babool
Malayalam : Velvelam, Velvelakam
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in planes.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A moderate sized tree grows up to 30 meters in height. Leaves bipinnate, 5-15 pairs of pinnate, leaflets small oblong and obtuse; flowers in large terminal tomentose panicles, in head inflorescence; fruits thin, flat, curved pods, containing 10-20 seed per pod.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, cough, inflammation, wounds, skin diseases, leukoderma, diarrhea, hemorrhages, dental caries, stomatitis and fever.
Useful part : Bark.
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