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CULTURAL AND WILD PLANTS
Acacia. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application
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Acacia, Acacia. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism Sort by: Acacia Family: Legumes (Fabaceae) Origin: The genus Acacia includes over 1200 species that originate from tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Africa, Australia, Asia and America. Area: The range of Acacias is very wide and varied. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions including North and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania. Chemical composition: Acacia may contain various biologically active substances, such as alkaloids, flavonoids, coumarins, tannins and others. For example, Acacia catechu contains tannins, which give it a bitter taste, and are used to make dyes, leather, and wood products. However, the composition of the plant can vary greatly depending on the species. Economic value: Acacias are of great economic importance. They are used for the production of wood materials, paper, leather, as well as in furniture production. They are also used in medicine to treat various diseases. Young shoots and leaves of Acacia are used as feed for livestock. Some Acacia species are also grown as ornamental plants for their beautiful foliage and flowers. Legends, myths, symbolism: In ancient Greek mythology, the acacia was associated with the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and symbolized reliability and strength. In Christian symbolism, acacia can represent life, rebirth and resurrection, as well as gratitude for life. In India, the acacia has a connection with the god Ganesha and is considered a symbol of purity and spiritual strength. In general, the acacia tree is commonly associated with beauty, strength, spirituality, gratitude, and life.
Acacia, Acacia. Description, illustrations of the plant Acacia. Legends, myths, history
According to the ancient Egyptian myth, the son of Isis and Osiris - the god Horus - originated from acacia, according to other versions - from acacia. According to myths, Isis conceived Horus from the mummy of the dead Osiris (collecting the dismembered body of her husband and not finding the phallus that the fish ate, according to various versions of the myths, she made it from clay or from acacia wood). She found the body of Osiris in the Nile Valley in an acacia chest (in which Seth enclosed the body), and acacia bushes grew around the chest to hide the body from the encroachments of outsiders. Isis wanted Horus to avenge the death of his father, which was caused to Osiris by his brother Seth. The goddess secretly gave birth and raised her son, hiding in the swamp thickets, making a nest of reeds there. According to myths, Horus resurrected his father, but the confrontation between Horus and Set lasted about 80 years, and most of the time the divine mother and son hid the body of the murdered Osiris in the reeds. But upon resurrection, Osiris already wished to rule the afterlife, becoming the king of the dead, and left Horus to rule the kingdom of the living. Set did not calm down, claiming the place of Horus, and began to wage war against his nephew. The decisive duel took place in the Nile Delta, and the rest of the gods gathered on the shore, acting as witnesses. Seth carved his boat from stone, and Horus from acacia wood. Horus was losing at first, and the gods saw for a long time the superiority of the forces of Set, but as a result, Horus overcame his opponent, hitting him with a harpoon, and the gods had no doubt that Horus should be king. From here comes another belief of the ancients, that the acacia is a symbol of endurance, rebirth, immortality, initiation. Religious scholars often identify the names Osiris and Christ, not only because they consider them consonant, but also for the same reasons of history - both gods were resurrected. And according to the researcher of Freemasonry A. Pike, the crown of thorns of Jesus, in which he was led to the crucifixion, was made from acacia branches - the most hardy plant. Freemasons decorate obituaries with the acacia sign and put branches of this plant in the coffin of the dead so that the acacia protects them. In addition, among Masons, acacia denotes purity and holiness. And, if we remember that from ancient times the acacia was considered a symbol of innocence, then it is quite logical that it also symbolizes purity. For Jews, the acacia has become a sacred tree, symbolizing funerals and mourning. For thousands of years, the tribes that roamed the Arabian deserts worshiped the acacia, calling it the "mother tree". Among Christians, according to the Bible, Noah's Ark and the altar of the Jewish Temple, known as the throne in the "Burning Bush" chapel, were made from acacia (gopher) wood. This place was not chosen by chance, it was here that a burning, but not burning, thorny bush grew (most likely an acacia bush), from which an angel appeared right in front of Moses, who was tending sheep. The angel called Moses to lead the people from Israel and Egypt to the Promised Land, where the Resurrection would take place, and when he disappeared, there was not a trace of fire left on the bush. There is evidence that the ancient Egyptians, after Isis was the first to learn how to make a mummy from a corpse, began to mummify the bodies of the dead with a liquid extracted from an acacia tree. Today, a viscous transparent substance, gum arabic, is extracted from many types of acacia, which is used as an adhesive, as well as various natural preservatives used in the food industry. Ships were built from the Arabian acacia in ancient Egypt.
There is a Masonic myth about the Master and the Acacia branch. Freemasons (freemasons) - a religious sect, half-Christian, half-Egyptian and half-Jewish origin, originating from the Order of the Templars (one of the degrees of the "Knight of the East") and the Rosicrucians (the rose on the cross is a symbol of the crucified soul, at the foot of the cross is a pelican feeding chicks (symbol Christ)). In Western Europe and Russia, in the Age of Enlightenment, this secret society aimed to bring humanity, through the humane enlightenment of each individual, to the Earthly Paradise. It was engaged in book publishing, the establishment of schools; the society included representatives of the intelligentsia from art and medicine, as well as progressive monarchs. A significant plant image in Freemasonry is the acacia. The body of Adoniram, killed by his disciples and buried in the ground, who sacrificed himself for the common good, was discovered due to the fact that acacia grew on his grave. Thanks to its hard and durable wood, it personifies the overcoming of death. The rapid growth of the acacia has made it a symbol of fertility. Acacia also symbolized the spring equinox, personified by the mythology of the resurrection of the solar deity. In addition, it implies purity and innocence. This perception is caused by the special sensitivity of the plant, which frowns at the touch of a person. From the point of view of esotericism, it is a symbol of constancy and immutability. Acacia is the emblem of various mysteries. Neophytes at initiation carried branches or bouquets of acacia flowers in front of them. In a number of Mediterranean countries, the acacia symbolized life, friendship and platonic love. Author: Martyanova L.M.
White acacia, Robinia pseudoacacia L. Botanical description, distribution, chemical composition, features of use
The legume family is the Fabaceae. A tree reaching 30 m in height on rich soils with a spreading openwork crown. The bark is fissured, gray or brown. Tree branches are thorny. Leaves pinnate, with 4-10 pairs of lateral leaflets. It has a deep branching root system. On the roots are nodules with bacteria that bind atmospheric nitrogen and thus enrich the soil. The flowers are collected in sparse axillary racemes; corolla white or pale pink. The fruit is a bean. Seeds are narrow kidney-shaped, brown, dull, smooth. Blooms in May - June. The fruits ripen in September - October. Fast-growing short-lived forest-forming drought-resistant species. Usually grows on dry rich soils. Found in culture. It comes from North America - the range covers the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia, west to Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Glycosides (robinia, acacia, apigenin, etc.), essential oil were found in the flowers; in the bark and wood - tannins (2,2-7,2 and 3,4-4%, respectively), in the bark - fatty oil, phytosterol; in the bark and fruits - toxic protein robin. The essential oil contains anthranilic acid methyl ester, indole, heliotropin, benzyl alcohol, linalool and alpha-terpineol. The essential oil is a semi-liquid mass of light yellow color with a pleasant strong smell of acacia flowers. The content of fatty oil in seeds reaches 15%. Essential oil is used in the food and perfume industries. Acacia seeds are suitable for making coffee substitutes. White acacia flowers have long been used in medicine in various countries as an astringent and antispasmodic. The bark of young branches was recommended for increased acidity of gastric juice. Flowers are also used as an anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antipyretic, in diseases of the kidneys and bladder. White acacia is widely used in garden and park construction as an ornamental plant. The culture is suitable for field-protective plantings, for fixing ravines, slopes, and banks. Excellent honey plant. Authors: Dudchenko L.G., Kozyakov A.S., Krivenko V.V.
Acacia. Interesting plant facts
We got south to the tropics, to the distant tropics, where the sun is high overhead all year round. Wow, it's hot in here! Well, just like in the oven ... It's good that it's summer now ... - Why is that good? - of course, you ask. Is it even hotter here in winter? No, it’s a little cooler in winter, but it still bakes like on the hottest day of July, and most importantly, in winter it’s terrible dryness: rarely, rarely, a light rain will sift ... Not every plant can live in such conditions. You see, there is grass around, grass, only grass, and only in some places alone, rarely in twos, in threes there are trees. This is the savanna, tropical forest-steppe. We can make a mental journey through it when we get to the letter "C". And now the alphabet has led us to one of the most "savannah" trees - to the acacia. She feels fine here, as you can see, fine, not like you and I almost melted from the heat out of habit ... Let's at least hide in the shade of an acacia crown ... Have you noticed what kind of crown it has? This does not happen with our trees: as if someone cut the tree from above and left a flat spreading umbrella. And this, pay attention, is not in vain, it is ... - Oh oh!!! How she, the beast, pricks! .. Yes, I completely forgot to warn you to be careful: the branches of the acacia are densely covered with thorns, sharp and long, like a big awl, and strong, as if they were carved from bone ... In one poetic and sad tale, the little prince, talking about his favorite flower, the rose, says: "Flowers are weak and simple-hearted. And they try to give themselves courage. They think: if they have thorns, everyone is afraid of them ..." And indeed, not in a fairy tale, but in life, the thorns of plants are a frightening weapon. Without thorns, both the rose and our acacia would have had a bad time: they would simply have been eaten.
Here is an interesting fact that scientists have found. Here, in the African savannah, where we got acquainted with the acacia, large animals that feed on plants roam in large herds - elephants, giraffes, antelopes, zebras. And here all the acacias, mind you, are armed with sharp thorns. But in Australia, where only kangaroos are found among large herbivores, and even then in small groups, all acacias are non-thorny there. They have no one to scare... But it's all about thorns, and I started to tell why the local acacias have a crown with an umbrella ... Let's sit quietly for a second. You hear: in the hot air, the rustling, rustling, creaking and whistling do not stop. This is the wind. Wind, wind, wind! He roams freely in the open spaces of the savannah. Either light, harmless, or crushing - rolling grass to the ground, breaking branches and trunks. And always - withering... And trees with such a flat-topped crown, "streamlined" like an airplane wing, suffer less from the wind. They turned out to be more adapted to life in the savannah. And besides, the leaves of the acacia are not ordinary. Look, they are very narrow, narrow and short, short, as if trimmed with fine fringe. They are such that the wind does not rip them off and, most importantly, that it licks less moisture from them. It is for her best savings that acacia leaves have another remarkable ability: they know how to move on their petioles and during the day all the time turn to the sun only with their thin ribs, and not with their palms. However, in the dry season, no matter how you turn your acacia leaves, there are still thousands and thousands of them and with the whole crown they evaporate too much of the already missing moisture. And of course, the plant would die in the very first hot tropical winter ... Would die! If it were not for skillfully completely remove your umbrella. For the whole long period of drought, the acacia sheds its leaves, as our deciduous trees do in the autumn before the onset of frost. Acacia, like them, stops growing at this time. She seems to freeze, as if she is laying down for winter hibernation. But as soon as the first summer rains rustle over the savannah, the fresh fringed foliage will again clothe the branches, the tree will again open its green umbrella ... For more than a hundred years, the so-called silver acacia brought from Australia has been bred in the Crimea and the Caucasus. In early-early spring, it blooms with golden balls, fluffy like chickens. On the holiday of March 8, you give your mother a sprig of such an acacia, which you call mimosa. But this is wrong: you give a sprig of silver acacia. Author: Smirnov A.
Acacia, Acacia. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology
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Acacia, Acacia. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing
Acacia (Acacia) is an ornamental plant with yellow or white flowers that can be grown in the garden or on the home plot. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing acacia: Cultivation:
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