Habitat West Bengal, Bihar, western peninsula.
Ayurvedic Shveta Khadira, Kadara, Somavalkala.
Unani Khor, Safed Khair.
Action Cutch is prepared from the heartwood. See A. catechu.
Acaciaferruginea DC. is also equated with Shveta Khadira.
Family Mimosaceae.
Habitat Native to Sudan. Cultivated in dry parts of western India.
English Gum arabic tree.
Ayurvedic Shveta Babbuula.
Action The tree yields the true Gum arabic of commerce. Mucilaginous, demulcent, emulsifying agent. Used as an ingredient in compounds for treatment of diarrhoea, catarrh.
Acacia torta (Roxb.) Craib.
Synonym A. intsia Willd. A. caesia Wright and Am, nonWilld.
Family Mimosaceae.
Habitat Throughout India in the dry and intermediate zones; ascending to an altitude of about 1,200 m in the Himalayas.
Acanthospermum hispidum DC. 9
Ayurvedic Aadaari, Lataa Khadira (related sp., see. A. pennata).
Siddha/Tamil Kariyundu, Ingu.
Folk Araar, Chilar (Punjab), Aila (Maharashtra).
Action Flower—emmenagogue. Bark—anti-inflammatory, antisep - tic (in skin diseases). Bark contains 17% tannins, triterpene alcohol, sap onins of acacic acid, lupeol and a steroid, acaciol. An alkaloid, tryptamine, is present in the root and stem bark.
Various plant parts are used in cough, bronchitis, measles, tubercular fistula and in the treatment of menstrual disorders. The bark is used for washing the hair.
Acalypha ciliata Forsk.
Family Euphorbiaceae.
Habitat Common in plains, as a weed in gardens; also in wastelands, especially in Bangalore and Pachmarhi.
Ayurvedic Kuppi (smaller var.).
Folk Daadari (Gujarat).
Action See A. indica.
