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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS027 : Maytenus emarginata (Willd.) Ding Hou

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 79  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Celastrales
Family : Celastraceae
Genus : Maytenus
Species : Maytenus emarginata (Willd.) Ding Hou
Plant Location in Melghat : On slopes of peripheral hills, field borders  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare, Endemic  
Plant Family : Celastraceae  

 
Plant Common Name : Bharati, K-Mekar
 
Synonym : Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thw.
Catha emarginata (Willd.) G.Don.
Celastrus emarginatus Willd.
Celastrus semiarillatus Turcz.
Cupania spinosa Blanco.
Elaeodendron horizontale Turcz.
Gymnosporia ambigua Vidal.
Gymnosporia inermis Merrill & Perry.
Gymnosporia spinosa (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe.
Gymnosporia trilocularis Hayata.


Description : Shrubs with spines or unarmed. Leaves obovate spathulate, 3.5 -14.5 x 2-9 cm, apex rounded or emarginate, base attenuate, chartaceous to coriaceous, margin crenate to entire; petioles 2-12 mm long; nerves 5-6 pairs. Flowers in axillary fascicles; bracts deltoid, fimbriate. Sepals lobed. Petals oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-3 x 1 mm. Stamens 2-3 mm long, inserted beneath the margin of the disc. Ovary partially immersed, 3-loculed; stigmas 3, distinct. Disc fleshy, rounded. Fruits a capsule, obovoid, 10-12 x 8-9 mm. Seeds ellipsoid, 3 x 2 mm, arillate. Fl. & Fr. : Almost throughout the year.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Dental problems, Antibiotic, Warms, used  for fever, asthama, rheumatism and gastrointestinal disorders worldwide. HIV?Protease, Carcinoma  and  leukemia, Ulcers, MDR
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Emarginatine A
Emarginatine B
Emarginatine E
Emarginatine F
Emarginatine G
Emarginatinine

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :