Albizia lebbeck |
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| Description | ||||||
| A large, erect, deciduous spreading tree, with rough, dark brown to greenish-black bark, bipinnate leaves containing 8-18, oblong or obovate-oblong leaflets, greenish-yellow flowers in globose heads and oblong, flat, yellowish-brown, strap-shaped pods containing 6-10, brown seeds. | ||||||
| Useful part | ||||||
Bark, flowers, seeds, leaves, root gum |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
cough, asthma, bronchitis, paralysis, helminthiasis, enlarged cervical glands, ophthalmopathy, strengthening gums, skin diseases, oedema, leprosy, leucoderma, sprains, inflammation, wounds, uclers, neuralgia, inflammation, diarrhoea, sinusitis, migraine, blood disorders, malarial fever, snake bite, conjunctivitis, all types of poisoning, seminal weakness, piles, night blindness |
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| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
Melanoxetin, albigenic acid, albigenin, okanin, phytosterol, flavanoids, triterpenes, albizziagenin, lebbekanin-A to H, melacacidin, proteins, fatty acids, pentadecanoic, n-heneicosanoic, cis-9-heptadecenoic, octadecenoic, octadecadienoic and myristic acids, budmunchiamines, lupeol, oleanolic acid, docosanoic acid, β-sitosterol, caffeic acid, kaempferol, myricitrin, quercetin, reynoutrin, robin, rutin, echinocystic acid, flavon vicenin-2, phosphoenolpyruvate, glyoxylate, oxaloacetate, α-oxoglutarate, triterpene, α- and β-amyrin, D-catechin, leucocyanidin, melacacidin, friedelin, γ-sitosterol, d-pinitol, leucopelargonidin |
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