Ziziphus oenoplia(L.) Mill.
Ziziphus oenoplia(L.) Mill.
Ziziphus oenoplia(L.) Mill.
MS130 : Ziziphus oenopolia (L.) Mill.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Girtanneria oenopolia (L.) Neck.; Rhamnus oenopolia L.; Ziziphus albens Roxb.; Ziziphus celtidifolia DC.; Ziziphus latifolia Blanco; Ziziphus lotus Blanco; Ziziphus napeca Roxb.; Ziziphus pallens Wall.; Ziziphus pedicellala Wall.; Ziziphus rufula Miq.; Ziziphus scandens Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Jackal Jujube, Small-Fruited Jujube, Wild Jujube • Hindi: Makkay, Makai • Marathi: Burgi • Tamil: Suraimullu, Surai ilantai • Malayalam: Tutali, Cheriyalanta, Tutari • Telugu: Paraki, Paragi, Paringi • Kannada: Pargi, Barige, karisurimullu, Harasurali • Bengali: Siakul • Sanskrit: Karkandhauh |
| Plant Family | : | RHAMNACEAE |
| Description | : | a very thorny straggling shrub with rusty-velvety young branches with paired thorns. Thorns are one straight and the other recurved. Alternately arranged simple leaves are ovate to ovate-lancelike, often oblique, with three prominent nerves and numerous transverse nervules. Tiny green flowers are borne in nearly stalkless velvety cymes in leaf axils. Fruits are spherical or obovoid drupes, black, shining, seeds woody. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent, on slopes of low hills. |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The juice of the roots is applied to fresh cuts and wounds. A decoction of the root bark is used to heal fresh wounds. The bark contains tannins and is astringent. A paste of the inner bark is applied as a poultice to obstinate wounds. A decoction of the fruit is used as a treatment for indigestion. The fruit is an ingredient of a stomachache pill. The roots are astringent bitter, anthelmintic, digestive and anti-septic. They are useful in hyperacidity, ascaris infection, stomachalgia and healing of wounds. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Zizyphine C; Zizyphine A; Zizyphine F; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| 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 | : Rosids |
| Order | : Rosales |
| Family | : Rhamnaceae - Buckthorn family |
| Genus | : Ziziphus Mill. - jujube |
| Species | : Ziziphus oenoplia(L.) Mill. |