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8 Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal <strong>Plants</strong> of the Bible<br />

so suitable for construction. According to Zohary, A. albida and A. laeta are absent in the Sinai,<br />

where the Israelites wandered. A. negevensis and A. tortilis are either unsuitable for construction<br />

or are rare in the Sinai. Of 24 biblical references to shittim, 19 are to the acacia tree and 5 to places<br />

associated with the tree. The Arabic word sunt designates acacia in Arabia, Egypt, and southern<br />

Israel. Zohary argues that sunt is the linguistic equivalent of the Hebrew shittah (ZOH).<br />

COMMON NAMES (BIBLICAL ACACIA):<br />

Abser (Ber.; BOU); Abzac (Ber.; BOU); Aluki (Mali; UPW); Cilluki (Upper Volta; UPW); Faux<br />

Gommier (Fr.; UPW); Gommier de Tunisie (Fr.; BOU); Hares (Arab.; BOU); Samr (Nig.; UPW);<br />

Sayal (Arab.; BOU); Seyal (Niger; UPW); Shittah (Heb.; ZOH); Somer (Arab.; Yemen; X15890471);<br />

Sunt (Arab.; Egypt; ZOH); Tadjdjart (Ber.; BOU); Tahi (Arab.; Sen.; UPW); Talh (Arab.; BOU);<br />

Talha (Arab.; Mauritania; UPW); Tamat (Ber.; BOU); Tihi (Ber.; BOU).<br />

ACTIVITIES (BIBLICAL ACACIA):<br />

Antidote (f; UPW); Antiedemic (f; UPW); Antiseptic (f; BOU); Aphrodisiac (f; UPW); Astringent<br />

(f; BOU); Febrifuge (f; UPW); Vulnerary (f; BOU; UPW).<br />

INDICATIONS (BIBLICAL ACACIA):<br />

Allergy (f; UPW); Avitaminosis (f; UPW); Convulsion (f; UPW); Dermatosis (f; UPW); Diarrhea<br />

(f; BOU); Edema (f; UPW); Enterosis (f; X15890471); Fever (f; UPW); Gastrosis (f; X15890471);<br />

Hepatosis (f; BOU); Impotence (f; UPW); Infection (f; BOU); Jaundice (f; BOU); Ophthalmia (f;<br />

BOU); Pulmonosis (f; BOU); Wound (f; BOU).<br />

DOSAGES (BIBLICAL ACACIA):<br />

FNFF = !<br />

In times of scarcity, pods and seeds may be eaten by humans (UPW).<br />

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Bambara in Mali make a draught from young plants with Piliostigma for convulsions<br />

(UPW).<br />

Guinea and Senegal natives use powdered bark to dust on dermatosis and as vermifuge<br />

(UPW).<br />

North Africans dissolve the gum in water for jaundice, ophthalmia, and pulmonosis (BOU).<br />

Senegalese take bark infusion for fever (UPW).<br />

Senegalese poultice the leaves with cowpea leaves onto allergic skin conditions and<br />

edema (UPW).<br />

NATURAL HISTORY (BIBLICAL ACACIA):<br />

All the PubMed abstracts relate not to medicine, but to the symbiotic rhizobial bacteria associated<br />

with the roots. In Israel, the tree is host to a bruchid beetle Caryodon gonagra, which is a pest of<br />

stored groundnuts in Africa (UPW).<br />

SYNONYMS:<br />

CORN COCKLE (AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO L.) + CARYOPHYLLACEAE<br />

Lychnis githago Scop.<br />

NOTES (CORN COCKLE):<br />

If my land cry against me … Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockle instead of barley.<br />

Job 31:40 (KJV)

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