MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MT018 : Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 76 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Dhargad ,Kelpani, Koktu, Rangubeli, Chaurakund | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Tree | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Rare | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Meliaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Rohan Raktarohan, G-Somi, Indian Redwood, Bastard cedar • Hindi: Raktarohan, Rohan • Kannada: kalgarige, kalkarige, kemmara • Marathi: guhin-ruhina, potar, ruhin • Oriya: suam • Sanskrit: Mansrohini • Tamil: cataputpilinapam, cataputpinai • Telugu: cevamanu, cheramaanu • Urdu: Rohan | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Swietenia febrifuga Roxb. Swietenia obtusifolia Stokes. Swietenia rubra Wight ex Wall. Swietenia soymida A.Duncan. |
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| Description : | A tall glabrous tree. Leaves: paripinnate, leaflets 6-12 elliptic or oblong, obtuse, base oblique; Flowers: greenish-white, borne in axillary and terminal panicles, appears in April-May; Fruits: smooth, black when ripe, septifragally 5-valved, woody, valves consisting of two plates, separating from the 5-winged axis, May-July; Seeds: numerous, winged at both ends. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Gyanic problems; Particularly prescribed in malaria, cures hoarseness, applied to rheumatic swelling and used as a gargle in stomatitis, decoction used as vaginal douche in Leucorrhoea. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Deoxyandirobin epoxyfebrinin B febrinolide methylangolensate Beta-sitosterol lupeol febrifugin myricetin ampelopsin naringenin quercetin |
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| Reference : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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