Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel. - moa tree
Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel. - moa tree
Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel. - moa tree
Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel. - moa tree
Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel. - moa tree
MT062 : Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 288 |
| Synonym | : | Madhuca longifolia latifolia (Roxb.) A.Chev.;
Bassia latifolia Roxb.;
Illipe latifolia (Roxb.) F.Muell.;
Illipe malabrorum subsp. latifolia (Roxb.) Dubard.;
Madhuca latifolia (Roxb.) J.F.Macbr.;
Vidoricum latifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Moh, Mahuwa, K-Mu, Indian Butter Tree • Hindi: Mahua, Mohwa • Bengali: Maul • Marathi: Kat-illipi • Malayalam: Illupa • telugu: Ippa |
| Plant Family | : | Sapotaceae |
| Description | : | Trees, to 20 m high, bark grey, 1.3 cm thick, vertically cracked, exfoliating in thin scales; blaze reddish-brown or dark red; exudation milky. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the end of branchlets; stipules lateral, lanceolate, cauducous; petiole 20-40 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-25 × 6-12 cm, elliptic, base round, obtuse or cuneate, apex acute, acuminate or apiculate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-14 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, creamy, axillary; calyx lobes 4 [ 2 +2], obovate, fulvous tomentose, acute; corolla tube 8 mm long, lobes 6-12, oblong; stamens 16, roughly in 3 series; anthers 3.5 mm, sparsely hairy; connectives apiculate; ovary superior, 3 mm long, 6-celled; style 2.5 cm long, exserted, pubescent below; stigma obtuse. Fruit a berry, ovoid, greenish, fleshy, tawny-tomentose with out; pedicel stout; seeds 2. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Scattered throughout, More conspicuous aroun villages |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The flowers are regarded as cooling, tonic and demulcent. They are used in the treatment of coughs, colds and bronchitis. The bark is used medicinally in the treatment of leprosy. A decoction of the bark is given to diabetic patients. The oil from the seeds is used in the treatment of skin diseases. t is used as Anti diabetic, anti-ulcer, anti-cancer, hepato protective, anti pyretic, anti fertility, analgesic, anti oxidant, swelling, inflammation, piles, emetic, dermatological, laxative, tonic, anti burn, anti earth worm, wound healing headache and many more problems. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Sapogenin; madhucic acid; madhushazone; Madhucosides A;
Madhucosides B; Alpha-amyrin;
beta-amyrin; Arachidic acids; linolelic acids; oleic acids; myrisic acids; palmitic acids; stearic acids; myricetin; quercetin; Misaponin A; Misaponin B; Beta-sitosterol; tigmasterol; Beta-sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside; n-hecacosanol; sitosterol; Ethylcinnamate; sesquiterene alcohol; alpha-tocopherol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Myricetin; Alpha-amyrin; Alpha-tocopherol; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266871824
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230278
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mahua.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Madhuca+longifolia
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309180846 |
| 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 : ~ 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 | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Ebenales |
| Family | : Sapotaceae - Sapodilla family |
| Genus | : Madhuca Buch.-Ham. ex J.F. Gmel. - madhuca |
| Species | : Madhuca indica J.F. Gmel. - moa tree |