Adenanthera pavonina L.

Fabaceae

Common Names:
Madatiya (S)
Anaikuntumani, Manjadi (T)
Coral wood tree (E)
Kucandanah (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Heartwood, leaf, bark and seed

Uses in traditional medicine :

Young leaves are prepared as a salad for diabetic patients to reduce blood glucose levels
Decoction of heartwood is taken for haemorrhages as an haemostatic
Bark and leaves act as an astringent and aphrodisiac and are used in colonorrhoea, haematuria, ulcers and pharyngopathy
Seeds are astringent, cooling, aphrodisiac, suppurative, antiemetic and febrifuge, used to treat burning sensations, hyperdypsia, vomiting, fever and giddiness

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Chitinases from seeds; lactone: pavonin from plant; fatty acids: linoleic, oleic and lignocerotic acids and stigmasterol from seed oil

Bioactivity :

Extracts of seeds: hypotensive, blood cholesterol lowering, anti-inflammatory, analgaesic, antihyperglycaemic, lipid lowering; decoction prepared from bark: antioxidative

Clinical:

Note :

Dried stem can be used as firewood

References :

Adedapo, A. D. A. et al., (2009), Blood Pressure Lowering Effect of Adenanthera pavonina Seed Extract on Normotensive Rats, Records of Natural Products, 3(2), 82-89.

Ali, M. S. et al., (2005), Pavonin: A new five-membered lactone from Adenanthera pavonina linn. (Mimoaceae), Natural Product Research, 19(1), 37-40.

Maruthappan, V. G. and Shree, K. S., (2010), Blood cholesterol lowering effect of Adenanthera pavonina seed extract on atherogenic diet induced hyperlipidemia rats, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 1(7), 87-94.

Olajide, O. A. et al., (2004), Anti-inflammatory studies on Adenanthera pavonina seed extract, Inflammopharmacology, 12(2), 196-201.

Pandhare, R. B. et al., (2012), Anti-hyperglycaemic and lipid lowering potential of Adenanthera pavonina Linn. in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats, Orient Pharm Exp Med, 12(3), 197-203.

Santos, I. S. et al., (2004), A chitinase from Adenanthera pavonina L. seeds: Purification, characterisation and immunolocalisation, Plant Science, 167(6), 1203-1210.

Silva, I. K. and Soysa, P., (2011), Evaluation of phytochemical composi- tion and antioxidant capacity of a decoction containing Adenanthera pavonina L. and Thespesia populnea L, Pharmacogn Mag, 7(27), 193-9.

Zarnowski, R. et al., (2004), The oil of Adenanthera pavonina L. seeds and its emulsions, Z Naturforsch C, 59(5-6), 321-6.

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