Gardenia gummifera L.f.
Gardenia gummifera L.f.
Gardenia gummifera L.f.
Gardenia gummifera L.f.
MS121 : Gardenia gummifera L.f.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Gardenia arborea Roxb.; Gardenia inermis F.Dietr.; Genipa arborea (Roxb.) Baill.; Genipa gummifera (L.f.) Baill.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Gummy Gardenia, Cambi gum tree • Gujarati: Dikamalli • Hindi: Dekamali • Kannada: Kad Bikke • Malayalam: Kambimaram • Marathi: Dikemali • Sanskrit: Nadihingu • Tamil: Sirukkambil • Telugu: Chittamali |
| Plant Family | : | RUBIACEAE |
| Description | : | Small trees, to 8 m high, bark 0.64 cm, greyish-brown, smooth; blaze dull yellow; exudation bright yellow resinous; branches and branchlets virgate, young parts pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules intrapetiolar, connate; petiole 1-4 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 4-8 x 1.5-4 cm, ovate, obovate or obovate-oblong, base obtuse, round or subcordate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, puberulent when young, glabrous when mature, shiny, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-20 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, white turns to yellow, axillary, solitary or in lax cymes; calyx 4.5 mm, truncate, lobes 5, 1.5 mm, triangular, puberulous without, acute; corolla 4.5 cm across, cylindrical, lobes 5, 2.5 x 1.5 cm, puberulous without, obovate, obtuse; stamens 5, 1 cm long, included; ovary 6 x 3.5 mm, inferior, 1-celled, 5-gonous, ovules many; style 2.5 cm; stigma 5 angled, fusiform. Fruit a berry, 4 x 3 cm, ellipsoid or oblong; seeds rugose. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The gum-resin obtained from the leaf buds is used in the treatment of cutaneous diseases. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: apigenin; Gardenin; Isoscutellarein; Nevadensin; Wogonin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Apigenin; Scutellarein; Isoscutellarein; Wogonin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asterids |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Rubiaceae |
| Genus | : Gardenia |
| Species | : Gardenia gummifera L.f. |