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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MT140 : Acacia lenticularis Benth.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Acacia
Species : Acacia lenticularis Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Tree  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : MIMOSOIDEAE  

 
Plant Common Name :
 
Synonym : Senegalia lenticularis(Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.)


Description : A moderately thorny, small, deciduous tree. The tree is cultivated as a shade tree and also to provide food wood and fuel for local use
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : used in the treatment of Diarrhea and dysentery, and can also be helpful in cases of internal bleeding. Applied externally, often as a wash, they are used to treat wounds and other skin problems, haemorrhoids, perspiring feet, some eye problems, as a mouth wash
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : octadecatrienoic acid
Anti-cancer

Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :