Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
MT022 : Ziziphus rugosa Lam.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 83 |
| Synonym | : | Rhamnus glabrata Heyne.;
Ziziphus buraea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Ziziphus glabra Roxb.;
Ziziphus horsfieldii Miq.;
Ziziphus latifolia Roxb.;
Ziziphus obliqua Heyne ex Roth.;
Ziziphus paniculata Roth.;
Ziziphus roxburghiana Voigt.;
Ziziphus tomentosa Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sakhari,K-Churni, Wild Jujube, wrinkled jujube • Hindi: Churna, Suran • Marathi: toran, turan • Tamil: totari • Malayalam: thodali, tutari • Telugu: gottichettu • Kannada: belahadu, kanika, kottamullu, mulluhannu |
| Plant Family | : | Rahamnaceae |
| Description | : | Scandent shrubs, thorns, recurved. Leaves 9-12 x 4-7 cm, ovate-orbicular, apex acute, base unequally cordate, fulvous-tomentose beneath, coriaceous, crenulate; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers 6-20 together; subsessile, 5 mm across; sepals densely tomentose outside; disk flat, glabrous; ovary densely tomentose, 2-celled; styles 2, curved. Drupe to 1.3 cm, globose, white, glabrous. Leaves, 5-12.5x4-6 cm, are broadly elliptic, short-tippes, denticulate, base oblique, wrinkled, petiole 0.8-1.5 cm long, densely velvet-hairy. Inflorescence of pedunculate cymes, densely pubescent, peduncle c.5 mm long. Pedicel, to 4 mm long. Calyx puberulous inside 1.5-2 mm long, with ovate acute lobes. Petals absent. Disc 5-lobed, styles 2, connate below the middle. Fruit c. 5-8 mm in diameter, globose or pyriform, white when ripe. Flowering: December-January. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara, Vairat, Makhala |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | A paste made from the bark is applied as a poultice on swollen gums and to toothaches. The flowers, combined with an equal quantity of the petioles of betel leaves and half as much lime is used to make a pill that is used in the treatment of menorrhagia. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Rugosanine-A; betulic acid; oleanolic acid; alphitolic acid; 2a-hydroxy ursolic acid; vanillic acid; betulin; betulinic acid; kaempferol; quercetin; myricetin; apigenin; apigenin-7-O-glucoside; N-formyl cyclopeptide; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (9): Quercetin; Kaempferol; Apigenin; Myricetin; Betulinic acid; Ursolic Acid; Alphitolic acid; Oleanolic Acid; Betulin; |
| 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/31928
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Jujube.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+rugosa
- http://www.ebbd.info/ziziphus_rugosa.html
- https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978_0_387_70638_2_1809 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); 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 rugosa Lam. |