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Vachellia leucophloea
	Flowering in Vanasthalipuram, Hyderabad
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Vachellia
Species:	V. leucophloea
Binomial name
	Vachellia leucophloea; (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger
Varieties
	Vachellia leucophloea var. leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger; Vachellia leucophloea var. microcephala (Kurz) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger;
Synonyms
	Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd.; Mimosa leucophloea Roxb.; Kuteera-gum;

Vachellia leucophloea (Hindi: रेवंजा), also called reonja, is a moderate-sized tree native to South and Southeast Asia.^[1]

Distribution

Vachellia leucophloea grows natively in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.^[1]

Medicinal uses

The bark extracts of Vachellia leucophloea are used in Pakistani traditional medicine as an astringent, a bitter, a thermogenic, a styptic, a preventive of infections, an anthelmintic, a vulnerary, a demulcent, an expectorant, an antipyretic, an antidote for snake bites and in the treatment of bronchitis, cough, vomiting, wounds, ulcers, diarrhea, dysentery, internal and external hemorrhages, dental caries, stomatitis, and intermittent fevers and skin diseases.^[2] An ethanolic extract ointment has shown marked wound healing activity in trials.^[3]

Culinary uses

The bark is used to prepare a spirit from sugar and palm juice, and in times of scarcity it is ground and mixed with flour. The pods are used as a vegetable, and the seeds can be ground and mixed with flour.^[4]

Other uses

The wood is sometimes used to make attractive furniture and other implements, though it can be difficult to work with and is not durable.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Acacia leucophloea (Roxb.) Willd". PROSEA.
^ Imran Imran, Liaqat Hussain, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Anwar H. Gilani, Vincenzo De Feo, "Gastrointestial and respiratory activities of Acacia leucophloea." Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 138, Issue 3: Pages 676-682.
^ Suriyamoorthy, Sembian; Subramaniam, Kalidass; Wahab, Femina; Karthikeyan, G (December 2012). "Evaluation of wound healing activity of Acacia leucophloea bark in rats". Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. 22 (6): 1338–1343. doi:10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000121.
^ Sturtevant's notes on edible plants. 1919. p. 19.
^ "ACACIA LEUCOPHLOEA – SHADE AND FODDER FOR LIVESTOCK IN AND ENVIRONMENTS". Winrock International.

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