Steinmetz:Acacia - Revision history

Adm at 18:06, 11 December 2010

2010-12-11T18:06:09Z

Editor at 12:00, 8 June 2009

2009-06-08T12:00:00Z

Editor at 00:00, 3 June 2009

2009-06-03T00:00:00Z

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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Acacia catechu&&Acacia suma&&Mimosa catechu
|family=Leguminosae (Mimosaceae)
|nameE=Black Catechu&&Pegu Catechu&&Bengal Cutch tree
|habitat=Acacia Catechu: Southern Asia&&Burma&&North Borneo; Acacia Suma: Southern India&&Indonesia&&Malacca&&tropical Africa
|partUsed=Catechu nigrum (obtained from the heartwood)
|constituent=catechu-tannic acid, catechin, acacatechin, quercetin, mucilage, gum, colouring matter,
|action=astringent, expectorant, antiperiodic, stimulant, detergent, styptic, dyeing- and tanning material, used by the natives for chewing with betel leaves
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Acacia farnesiana
|family=Leguminosae
|nameE=Real Acacia&&Cassia flower tree&&Sponge tree
|habitat=West India&&Malaya&&near the Dead Sea&&South Africa&&cultivated in France (chiefly about Cannes)
|partUsed=Flores Acacae verus
|constituent=flower: benzaldehyde, salicylic acid, methyl-salicylate, benzyl-alcohol analdehyde, essential oil; bark: a soluble gum of the arabic type; fruit: tannin
|action=flower: antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, insecticidal, astringent, demulcent, alterative, stimulant. From the flowers a variety of Oil of Cassia is prepared for use in perfumery
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Acacia senegal&&Acacia arabica (and other species)
|family=Leguminosae (Mimosaceae)
|nameE=Babul&&Arabic gum tree
|habitat=Kordofan&&Sudan&&Nubia&&Senegambia&&Senegal&&Somaliland. Arabia&&Morocco&&India
|partUsed=Cortex Acaciae&&Gummi Arabicum = Gummi Acaciae (which exudes from the stem and the branches)
|constituent=gum: arabin (compound of arabic acid and calcium), magnesium and potassium salts, mucilage, sugar; pod: saponin, gum, malic acid, resin, glucose, tannin; bark: tannin,
|action=gum: demulcent, emollient, expectorant; bark: (so-called Babul bark) astringent, used in tanning.
}}

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 |nameL=Acacia catechu&&Acacia suma&&Mimosa catechu
-|family=Leguminosae (Mimosaceae)
+|family=Leguminosae
 |nameE=Black Catechu&&Pegu Catechu&&Bengal Cutch tree
 |habitat=Acacia Catechu: Southern Asia&&Burma&&North Borneo; Acacia Suma: Southern India&&Indonesia&&Malacca&&tropical Africa
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 {{CodexVegetabilis
 |nameL=Acacia senegal&&Acacia arabica (and other species)
-|family=Leguminosae (Mimosaceae)
+|family=Leguminosae
 |nameE=Babul&&Arabic gum tree
 |habitat=Kordofan&&Sudan&&Nubia&&Senegambia&&Senegal&&Somaliland. Arabia&&Morocco&&India