Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) DELILE |
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Botanical Name |
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Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) DELILE |
English
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Desert Date, soapberry tree, thorn tree. |
Synonym(s) |
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Balanites roxburghiiPlanch, Balanitesaegyptica var. roxburghii Duthie. |
Family |
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Zygophyllaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Spiny tree, about 6 m high; branches glabrous or puberulous and ending in very strong ascending spines; leaves alternate, bifoliate, ashy green, leaflets coriaceous; cymes axillary, 4- to 10-flowered; flowers green, velvety pubescent; fruits ovoid, about 5 cm in length, fleshy drupes, 1-seeded; seed oily but exalbuminous. |
| Herb Effects |
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Laxative (fruit); hypothermic, alleviates spasms and stimulates the central nervous and cardiovascular systems (stem bark); kills certain molluscs (plant); antifungal (oil); expectorant (seed). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Balanitisin (plant); diosgenin and yamogenin (root, seed and stem bark); nitogenin glucosides (stem bark). |
| Chemistry
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| Diosgenin |
512-04-9 |
Not Available |
C27H42O3 |
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| Yamogenin |
512-06-1 |
Not Available |
C27H42O3 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In rheumatism (seed oil); stomach problems and as an expectorant (seed); useful in burns, wounds and ulcers, common cold, whooping cough, leucoderma, malaria, sleeping sickness and other skin diseases. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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