Acacia nilotica hormozgan university of medical sciences. Acacia is a genus belonging to the fabaceae family and comprises about 5 species of trees which are widely spread throughout the arid and semiarid tropics1, 2. In ethiopia, acacia nilotica booni is used as a lactogogue increase milk supply. Prickly acacia acacia nilotica weed management guide pdf 475 kbabout the guide. The leaves were washed, shadedried, and hand crushed to obtain coarse powder.
Delile is an indigenous tree species in tanzania and has proven to be a tree with many useful qualities. Acacia nilotica acacia niloticabelongs to sub family mimosecea. Pdf acacia nilotica lam mimosaceae indigenously known as babul or kikar is a proverbial, medium sized tree and is broadly scattered in. It can help in the treatment of gingivitis, cavity formation in the tooth and high cholesterol. Woody but upper portion herbaceous,aerial, erect, branched, solid, dark brown bark. Acacia is a small, spiny, leguminous tree or shrub. The trunk is short, thick 1 m in diameter and cylindrical, covered with grey bark. Images of acacia nilotica, information about acacia nilotica plant. The bark of the plant is used as astringent, acrid, cooling, styptic, emollient, anthelmintic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, expectorant, emetic and nutritive, in. Introduction life and diseases are related, where there is life, diseases are will also be present. Acacia arabica babool international journal of pharmaceutical. A plant of multipurpose medicinal uses article pdf available in journal of medicinal plants 6. Acacia nilotica is described as a multipurpose medicinal and pharmaceutical plant ali et al.
Asian journal of phytomedicine and clinical research. It is also a weed of national significance in australia an invasive species of significant concern in australia, as well as a federal noxious weed in the united states. Modern research is confirming many of the traditional uses of the plant. The acacia species are widely distributed in arid and semiarid regions 3 and are the most.
A mediumsized almost evergreen tree, straight or crooked, armed tree with darkblackishbrown, irregularly, longitudinally fissured bark. Vachellia nilotica commonly known as gum arabic tree, babul, thorn mimosa, egyptian acacia or thorny acacia is a tree in the family fabaceae. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Images and information of acacia nilotica medicinal plants. Mossa 3 1 chemistry of tannins department, 2 medicinal and aromatic plants department 3 environmental toxicology. Common names for it include babul, kikar and prickly acacia its uses include chemical products, environmental management, fiber, food and drink, forage, medicine and wood. It is regarded as one of the worst weeds in australia because of its invasiveness, potential for spread, and economic and environmental impacts. Acacia nilotica linn, willd ex del is known in india as babul, kikar, babur hindi.
In australia, acacia nilotica bark is believed to be an astringent with high tannic acid contents that help to check bleeding, discharge and excess mucus. Nilotica is a multipurpose tree with extensive distribution. A mediumsized tree in a well watered environment can produce as many as 175,000 seeds per year. Antimicrobial efficacy of acacia nilotica, murraya. Isolation, phytochemical and biological evaluation of. Acacia nilotica acacia nilotica health effects and herbal facts. The medicinal plants used in traditional medicine still. Ini nga species ginbahin ha masunod nga subspecies. The bark of acacia niloticahas a history of use as an antidiarrhea folk medicine and dysentery treatment in africa and india. Metabolomic profiling and antioxidant activity of some. The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7. Medicinal plant researchers pursued with several goals like the development of low cost therapeutic compounds and the discovery of prototypic drugs 7. It also has been found to be a powerful molluscicide and algicide, and the fruits, when added to ponds in sudan, killed snail species which carry schistosomiasis without affecting fish ayoub, 1982. It is also cultivated in angola, egypt, ethiopia, and tanzania.
Introduction acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily mimosoideae of. Three differrent concentrations of the extracts were examined %, % and %. Leaves and flowers are collected in summer marchjuly, whereas bark, gum, pods, and seeds are collected in winter novemberfebruary. Leaf, stem, and seed parts of acacia nilotica as well as leaf and root parts of. Medicinal action and usesgum acacia is a demulcent and serves by the viscidity of its solution to cover and sheathe inflamed surfaces. Asian journal of phytomedicine and clinical research journal home page. O box 2730, postal code 11461, riyadh saudi arabia. How acacia nilotica is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Brenan is the most common form in east tropical africa.
Water extract of acacia nilotica inhibited the growth of. This is an attempt to compile and document information on different aspect of acacia nilotica and its potential uses. Media in category acacia nilotica the following 78 files are in this category, out of 78 total. Acacia nilotica was commonly known in india as babul has a wide range of medicinal uses. Chemical composition profile of acacia nilotica seed.
Acacia nilotica lam mimosaceae indigenously known as babul or kikar is a proverbial, medium sized tree and is broadly scattered in tropical and. The pictures be helpful if i knew what was actually going on in em. Stipular spines up to 8 cm long, straight or almost so, often deflexed. It is suitable for firewood and fodder, and is used as medicine hines and eckman, 1993. Acacia nilotica is one of around african acacia species. Acacia farnesiana sweet acacia, perfume acacia, huisache. It is native to africa, the middle east and the indian subcontinent. Anyway, could use some help with the yield for acacia nilotica and a preferred method of extraction in case of leaves if any. More than 30% of the entire plant species at one time or other was used for medicinal purposes. Pricklyacacia acacia nilotica how itspreads although capable of regenerating from cut stumps, prickly acacia only reproduces by seeds.
Babul acacia nilotica the genus acacia belongs to family mimosaceae. This was subsequently ground into a fine powder and extracted using ethanol by cold infusion and hot. Acacia nilotica herbal monograph, accessdate2010nov20. Names of acacia nilotica in various languages of the world are also given. It finds use in plenty of applications for our health. Acacia willd is a very large genus containing trees, shrubs and climbers. Al tharique, arshiya sultana, abstract an impressive abound medicinal plants have been utilized for the treatment of diseases from the time immemorial. Vachellia nilotica is a tree 520 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, greypinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum. Effect of seed presowing treatment on germination of.
In the present study antibacterial activity of different parts of acacia nilotica was studied to evaluate their potential for being used as natural antibacterial agent against various dental infections. Plant details information about acacia nilotica plant. Abstract two, eritrean endemic, medicinal plants that are used to treat diseases associated with microbial infection were collected and identified. The medicinal properties are due to the compounds such as dpinitol, active androstene steroid, rutin, and gallic acid. It is usually administered in the form of a mucilage mucilago acaciae, british pharmacopoeia and united states pharmacopoeia made from small pieces of gum acacia dissolved in water and strained 1 in 8. It is a moderate sized tree with a spreading crown. Traditional medicinal uses anticancer and anti tumours antiscorbutic astringent diuretic intestinal pains and diarrhoea. Acacia nilotica medicinal uses, health benefits and pictures. Acacia nilotica herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. Acacia farnesiana is a deciduous shrub growing to 9 m 29ft 6in at a fast rate.
It has antihypertensive, antispasmodic, 8 antiinflammatory 9 and antifungal activities. Acacia nilotica acacia arabica, vachellia nilotica gum. Fodder potential and chemical composition of acacia nilotica fruits for livestock in the dry lands of sudan 1mohamed s. After the rainy season ends, the stem begins to exude gum, which is collected from december to june for marketing as gum arabic. Sprengel were collected from the surrounding areas, identified and authenticated by a taxonomist. Acacia nilotica is also a popular ornamental avenue tree in india. The use of tanniniferous browse fodder such as acacia nilotica could be. The tannin content contributes to the many medicinal uses of a. Acacia nilotica is a tropical tree with rapid growth and ten year period of yield which can grow extensively in the seashores of southern iran 3. Acacia nilotica linn medicinal uses medicinal plants. If there is no information for this species on this page, or if you want to edit existing information, click on edit with form button above.
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