MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MT130 : Quercus incana W. Bartram |
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| Plant Category : | Tree | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Fagaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Ban Oak, Woolly Oak • Hindi: Banjh • Himachali: Vari, Ring • Kumaoni: Phanal | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Quercus leucotrichophora Quercus incana Roxb. (illeg.) |
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| Description : | An evergreen tree to 25m, found in the Himalayas. It is a large or medium sized tree, with leathery dull green leaves, sharply toothed leaves, 6-16 cm long. Leaves have dense white-woolly hairs on the underside. The species name leucotrichophora means carrying white hairs. Flowers arise in catkins. Male catkins are woolly-haired. Nuts are ovoid, to 1.5 cm, half covered by the the involucral cup when mature. Flowering: April-May. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | A decoction or infusion is astringent, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-septic, styptic and haemostatic. It is taken internally to treat conditions such as acute Diarrhea, dysentery and haemorrhages. Externally, it is used as a mouthwash to treat toothache or gum problems and is applied topically as a wash on cuts, burns, various skin problems, haemorrhoids and oral, genital and anal mucosa inflammation. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Friedlein Leucopelargonidin Lignoceric acid oleic acid palmitic acid quercetin |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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