Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Acacia leucophloea
Scientific Name and Description
Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | arinj, arjuna, jhind, jhira, kairir, karer, karir, nimbar, ranj, raunj, reru, reur, rijua, ringa, rinj, riur, rohani, ronj, roonjro, roonjya, safed-babul, safed-kikar, safedbabul, safedkikar, sarab ki kikar, sufed-kikar, urajio, Khadira, Safed siris |
| Kannada | beala, bela, bellada, bellada mara, bilee jaali, bilejali, bili jaali, bilijali, bilijali-mara, bill-jali, darukhagar, dhaarukhagaar, naayibaela, naibalda, naibela, naivelada, nayibela, topal, toppalu, tumbe, Belli honne |
| Malayalam | vel-velam, vellavelakam, vellavelakkam, vellavelam, velvaylam, velvelakam, velvelam |
| Marathi | deobaabhula, deobabhula, hewar, hivar, nimbar, pandari baabul, pandaribabul, panharya |
| Sanskrit | ahimara, arimeda, arimedah, hemagaura, irimeda, irimedah, kinkirata, kinkiratha, pitabhadra, pitaka, pitamlana, shatpadananda, shveta-barbura, shvetabarburavrikshaha, somavalka, svetabarabura, svetavarvara, vipralambi, vipralobhi, vitkhadira |
| Tamil | akamamaram, akamaram, akimar, akimaral, akimarala,mutacaram, amutacaramaram, amutacarani, amutacura#, amutacura, arimaita, arimata, arutturumam, caivakatpala, caraparikantaccupattiram, cuppattiram, kalakantam,kasayatittam, mukarokapucitam, pattaicharayam, patutturumam, patuturumam, payirilam, sarai, uttulati, uttulatimaram, vel, vel velam, vel-vel, vel-velam, vellaivelan, vellaivelanmaram, vellavelan, velvaylam, velvel, velvel#, velvela, velvelam, velvelam , venvel, venvelan, vetpalavikam, vetpalavikamaram, Velvel |
| Telugu | tella tumma, tella-tumma, tellatumma, thellathumma, Velupu |
| Urdu | kath safaid |
| Common Names | White Thorn, Khadira |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Bark
Gum
Ethnopharmacology use
Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd. Tella tumma Fabaceae Stem bark Wounds
Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.
Habit - Moderate size tree
Parts used - Gum, bark
Application - Demulcent; to increase sexual potency; tuberculosis; contraceptive; menstrual complaints; bone fracture; snake bite; cuts; burms; skin diseases; fever; swellings
Treatment - Women; men; General
References - Jain et al. 2004, Kshirsagar and Singh 2001, Ramya 2008, Samy et al. 2008
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Jain et al. 2004
Kshirsagar and Singh 2001
Ramya 2008,
Samy et al. 2008
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112