| Description:
A moderate sized tree upto 3 m in height with spreading branches,
crooked stems, white spines and pale yellowish grey to nearly white bark
with pale red inside; leaves bipinnate, 2.5-5 cm long, main rachis
pubescent with a cup-shaped gland between each pair of pirmae, 5-15
pairs of pinnae of 12-30 pairs linear—oblong, obtuse; flowers in large
terminal tomentose panicles, heads numerous, globose; fruits sessile,
thin fiat, slightly curved pods, covered with pale brown tomentum; seeds
10-20 per pod. |
| Uses:
The bark is astringent, bitter, thermogenic, styptic, alexeteric,
anthelmintic, vulnerary, demulcent, constipating, expectorant and
antipyretic, vulnerary, demulcent, constipating, bronchitis, cough,
vomiting. Wounds, ulcers, diarrhoea, dysentery, internal and external
haemorrhages, dental caries, oral ulcers, proctoptosis, stomatitis and
intermittent fevers. |
