Abstract

ETHNOBOTANY OF THE ACACIA SENEGAL

*Dr. Teena Agrawal

Abstract

Plants are the reservoirs of the great metabolites, they are the subject of the great utilization form the centuries, in the different civilization in the world they utilises the plants for the various purposes, form the Chinese’s, ayuervedic and the siddha and the unani, medicines they are used for the curing this of them nay diseases. In this review article we are presenting some of the aspects of the tree entitled as the Acacia Senegal of the Mimosideae family. The tree is the large and the deciduous and the morphology of the tree is the typical leguminosacae types, all the plant parts whether they are the roots, stem, leaves and the fruits and the pods are of the subjects of the great utilization. The plant is endemic of the India and the tropical part of the world, IUCN categtoes the tree as the rare.

Keywords: Ethnobotany, medicinal values, Ayuervedic, IUCN categories.