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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MT018 : Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 76  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Sapindales
Family : Meliaceae
Genus : Soymida
Species : Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.
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.


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

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 :