Dichrostachys cinerea Wight & Arn. |
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Botanical Name |
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Dichrostachys cinerea Wight & Arn. |
English
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Saint Domingue, Sen Domeng, Sickle Pod, Chinese lantern tree, Kalahari Christmas tree |
Synonym(s) |
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Cailliea cinerea Macb., Cailliea glomerata (Forsskal) J.F. Macbr., Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov., Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.) Benth., Mimosa cinerea L. |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Shrub or small tree to 8 m tall. Branchlets densely to sparsely puberulous; lateral shoots to 8 cm long. Leaves axes puberulous to minutely pilose, sometimes with red hairlets, especially near base of pinnae; glands peg-like at base of pinnae pairs; pinnae 2-11-jugate; leaflets 12-24-jugate, linear, obtuse to acute, straight to incurved, 2.5-4 (-6) mm long, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. Inflorescence spicate, solitary on a bracteate, short shoot, 6-9 cm long including the glabrous to puberulous peduncle. Pod narrowly oblong, variously curved and/or coiled, 5-7 cm long, 8-15 mm wide, blackish, glabrous. Seeds biconvex, elliptic to subcircular, 4 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, pale tan, glossy; pleurogram elliptic. |
| Herb Effects |
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Astringent (root); antihelminthic, purgative, laxative and diuretic (bark). |
Chemistry
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Tannin |
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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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Pharmacology
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In rheumatism, urinary calculi and renal troubles (root); applied to the eyes in cases of ophthalmia (shoot); for snake-bites and scorpion stings (plant). to treat dysentery, toothache, elephantiasis, vermifuge, snake-bite, leprosy, syphilis and gonorrhoea (bark). |
| Reference |
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 Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
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