Английская Википедия:Albizia amara
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Albizia amara is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Its range includes southern and Eastern Africa, from South Africa to Sudan and Ethiopia. It is also found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
Albizia amara is a mid-sized, deciduous tree which resembles acacia without the thorns.[2] The bark of the tree is grey in color and is grainy and scaly.[2] The leaves consist of up to 15 pairs of side stalks and the leaflets are tiny and can consist of about 15–35 pairs.[2] The flowers are whitish-yellow powder puffs with long stamens and golden pollen.[2] The pods are flat and are about 20 cm long.[2] The leaves thin out during February–March and are renewed in April.[2] The flowers are present throughout May and the fruits ripen during October and November.[2] It is a host plant for Achaea janata.[3]
Ecology
Albizia amara is intolerant of shade, and resistant to drought. In Africa it grows mainly in sandy woodlands.[1]
Albizia amara and Hardwickia binata are the dominant canopy trees in the Central Deccan Plateau Dry Deciduous Forests ecoregion of India.[4] It is also found in the Anamalai, Palani and Cardamom hills of Western Ghats and the Godavari area, the Javadi Hills of Eastern Ghats in South India.[5]
Uses
Medicinal uses
- The leaves and flowers are used for treatment of boils and ulcers. The leaf is also used for treatment of erysipelas.[6]
- Paste of leaf and rootbark is used to cure both skin diseases and poisonous bites.[7] [This journal is probably a predatory journal].
- The seeds are regarded as astringent and used in the treatment of piles, diarrhea and gonorrhea.[7]
- The flowers are used as a remedy for cough, ulcers, dandruff and malaria.[7]
- The pharmaceutical compounds of seeds and leaves has potential broad spectrum of anticancer activity.[7]
Its wood is used for construction and furniture, and as a firewood. Albizia amara provides many environmental services: control of soil erosion, wind break, shade provider. It is also an ornamental tree in urban areas. Ruminants can feed its leaves.[8]
In colonial times, in India, its "plentiful" wood was extensively used as railway fuel.[9]
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References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 "Orwa C, A Mutua, Kindt R, Jamnadass R, S Anthony. 2009 Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selection guide version 4.0 (http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sites/treedbs/treedatabases.asp Шаблон:Webarchive). Accessed 18 July 2014 [1]
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC. pp. 324–326
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Heuzé V., Thiollet H., Tran G., Lebas F., 2016. Albizia (Albizia amara). Feedipedia, a programme by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/337
- ↑ Cox, Arthur F., 1895. Madras District Manuals: North Arcot (North Arcot District Gazetteer). Madras: Government Press. p. 25.
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