Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.
Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.
MT021 : Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 82 |
| Synonym | : | Rhamnus rotundifolia Pers.;
Rhamnus xylopyrus Retz.;
Ziziphus caracutta Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.;
Ziziphus cuneata Wall.;
Ziziphus elliptica Roxb.;
Ziziphus glaberrima (Sedgwick) Santapau.;
Ziziphus heterogenea Russ. ex Wall.;
Ziziphus orbicularis Roem. & Schult.;
Ziziphus rotundifolia (Pers.) Roth.;
Ziziphus ruminata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Ziziphus xylopyrus var. glaberrima Sedgwick.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ghoti, Ghatbor, Katber, Sanskrit : Ghoti, Gotika, Bengali : Kulphal, English : Jujab, Gujrati : Gatbadar, Gatabordi, Hindi : Ghunta, Kakora, Kaathabera, Kannada : Yeranu, Marathi : Ghoti, Bhorghoti, Tamil : Kottai, Mulkottai, Telugu : Gotti, Got, Gotiki |
| Plant Family | : | Rahamnaceae |
| Description | : | Trees, to 12 m high, bark thin, brownish-grey, exfoliating in small scales; branchlets tomentose, sparsely armed. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; petiole 5-12 mm, tomentose, slender; lamina 5-8 x 3-5 cm, ovate-oblong or suborbicular, base rounded; apex obtuse, apiculate, margin serrulate, glabrous above, tomentose beneath, coriaceous; 3-5-ribbed from base; lateral nerves many, puberulent beneath; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, in axillary cymes, greenish-yellow, pubescent; peduncle 1.5 cm long; calyx 5 lobed, 1.5 mm radiating; petals 5, 2 mm, spathulate; disc 5 lobed; stamens 5, filaments subulate; ovary 3-celled, ovules solitary; styles 3; stigma trifid. Fruit a drupe, 1.5-2.5 cm across, globose, woolly; seeds 3. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Bark and leaf powder or paste applied externally for chest pain due to cough. Stomachache, indigestion: Fruit powder(3 – 4 g)administered with pinch ginger
powder thrice in a day. Used in pyorrhoea and to check oogenesis. Root bark and fruit of this plant, traditionally used to treat Bronchial Asthma, Thirst, Diarrhea and as Aphrodisiac. Fruit and bark is used as Antimicrobial. Bark is used as an anti-inflammatory, Antinoceceptive and as Anticonvulsants. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Lupeol; betulinic acid;
isoceanothic acid; quercetin; quercitrin; oleanolic acid; epicatechin; leucocyanidin; 3,3,4-tri-O-methyl ellagic acid; oleanic acid; p-coumaric acid; ferulic acid; hyperoside; kaempferol; 3-O-rutinoside; Rutin; myristic acid; linoleic acid; oleic acid; Amphibine H; Nummularine-K; Xylopyrine A;
Xylopyrine B;
Xylopyrine C;
Xylopyrine D;
Xylopyrine E;
Xylopyrine F;
Xylopyrine G;
Xylopyrine H; Sativanine-H; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (11): Lupeol; Quercetin; Rutin; Kaempferol; Catechin; Betulinic acid; Oleanolic Acid; Betulin; Epicatechin; Ellagic acid; Ferulic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31935
- http://jprsolutions.info/newfiles/journal_file_56d04ad8880ff5.92552552.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4078477/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260112378 |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Upendra B. Gandagule, B. Duraiswamy, Ashish S. Zalke and M. A. Qureshi; "Pharmacognostical and phytochemical evaluation of the leaves of Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz) Willd"; Anc Sci Life (2013); 32(4): 245-249 PMID : 24991075 ~ R I Patel; "Forest flora of Melghat"; Prabhat Press, Meerut (1968); PMID : ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : ~ S.D. Jagtap, S.S. Deokule and S.V. Bhosle; "Some unique ethnomedicinal uses of plants used by the Korku tribe of Amravati district of Maharashtra, India"; Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006); 107: 463-469 PMID : ~ Patil, HM and Bhaskar, VV; "Medicinal uses of plnats by tribal medicine men of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra"; Natural Product Radiance (2006); 5(2): 125-130 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Rosales |
| Family | : Rhamnaceae |
| Genus | : Zizyphus |
| Species | : Ziziphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd. |