Tamarix troupii Hole
Tamarix troupii Hole
Tamarix troupii Hole
MS005 : Tamarix troupii Hole
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 27 |
| Synonym | : | Tamarix indica Willd.;
Tamarix bengalensis Baum.;
Tamarix epacroides Smith.;
Tamarix gallica sensu Wight & Arnott.;
Tamarix gallica var. indica (Wind.) Ehrenb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sarata, Jaora, Charmau, Ban Jhau, Jhav, Jhau, Manna |
| Plant Family | : | Tamaricaceae |
| Description | : | A tall shrub or small sized tree, 2-6 (-8) m tall with reddish-brown bark, glabrous. Leaves pseudovaginate, sessile, ovate with deltoid base, amplexicaul or auriculate, younger imbricate, acute, 1-2 mm long, without coherent margins. Recemes both vernal and aestival (vernal usually simple, aestival densely compound) 3-12 (-15) cm long, 3-4 (-5) mm borad. Rachis minutely papillose or entirely glabrous. Bract triangular, acuminate, somewhat irregualrly denticulate at the margin, sometimes slightly keeled, c. 1 mm long, pedicel shorter than bract, c. 0.5 mm long. Sepals 5, fused at the base inner somewhat broader than the outer, outer more acute, ovate or trullate-ovate to somewhat orbicular, deeply denticulate at the apex, margin somewhat membranous, 0.75-1 mm long, c. 0.5 mm broad. Petals 5, free, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, obtuse 1-2 mm long, 0.75-1 mm broad. Stamens 5, filaments filiform, inserted in between the 10 lobes of the mesodiscine disc, insertion perihypodiscal, anthers somewhat unequal, apiculate. Styles 3, clavate, ovary somewhat bottle-shaped, trigonous, truncate at top. Capsule c. 6 mm long, conical, triangular. Fl. Per.: January-October |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In river beds of Dolar, Tapi |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The bark is bitter and an astringent, tonic; fruit and leaves are useful for dysentery and chronic Diarrhea. Galls are astringent, given internally in dysentery and Diarrhea, A strong decoction of gall is recommended for foul and sloughing ulcers; infusion is used as a gargle for sore throat. Powdered galls mixed with oil or vaseline is used in ulcerating piles and anal fissures. As a mild purgative, decoction of the gall is suitable for children, as it causes soft motion without irritation of bowels. The twigs and leaves are vulnerary; their ash is carminative, diuretic, Hepatoprotective, resolvent of the hepatic and splenic inflammations. It enters in British pharmacopoeia for their highest containing tannic acid. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: tannic acid; kaempferide; rhamnetin; hentriacontan-7-ol; hentriacont-7-ene; tricontyldocosanoate; octacosanol; beta-sitosterol; ellagic acid; tamarixin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Kaempferide; Ellagic acid; Tannic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/db70/4de0024c6353c879159c7ba3b5e477ca0394.pdf
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250075670
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/tamarix_indica.php
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249062 |
| Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Caryophyllales |
| Family | : Tamaricaceae |
| Genus | : Tamarix |
| Species | : Tamarix troupii Hole |