Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.
Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.
Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.
Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.
Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss.
Plant Category | : | Tree |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 76 |
Synonym | : | Swietenia febrifuga Roxb.;
Swietenia obtusifolia Stokes.;
Swietenia rubra Wight ex Wall.;
Swietenia soymida A.Duncan.; |
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 |
Plant Family | : | Meliaceae |
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. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dhargad ,Kelpani, Koktu, Rangubeli, Chaurakund |
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 | : | COMPOUNDS: Deoxyandirobin; epoxyfebrinin B; febrinolide; methylangolensate; Beta-sitosterol; lupeol; febrifugin; myricetin; ampelopsin; naringenin; quercetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Naringenin; Myricetin; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Redwood.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31914
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Soymida+febrifuga
- http://bioinfo.bisr.res.in/project/domap/plant_details.php?plantid=0101 |
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 : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : |
Order | : Sapindales |
Family | : Meliaceae |
Genus | : Soymida |
Species | : Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) Juss. |