Albizia lebbeck
Albizia lebbeck
Author : (L.) Willd.
Family : Mimosaceae
Habit: Large tree
Sanskrit: Shirishah, Bhandi
English: Siris tree, East Indian Walnut
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

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

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