Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Plant Category | : | Tree |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 190 |
Synonym | : | Pentaptera cuneata DC.;
Pentaptera macrocarpa Wall.;
Pentaptera maradu G. Don.;
Terminalia elliptica Willd.;
Terminalia macrocarpa Steud.;
Terminalia maradu Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don.;
Terminalia ovata Rottl. ex C. B. Clarke.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Saj, Sajad, K-Athna,Sadra, Asan, Indian Laurel, Silver grey wood, White chuglam • Hindi: Asan, Saj • Marathi: Ain, Asan, Satada, Shardul • Tamil: Aruccunam, Karumarutu, Marutamaram • Malayalam: Matthi • Telugu: Innu maddi, Nalla maddi • Kannada: Banappu, Karimaddi, Sadada, Unapu mara • Bengali: Asan • Oriya: Sahaju • Sanskrit: Raktarjun |
Plant Family | : | Combretaceae |
Description | : | Large tree upto 25m high with distinct rough grey deeply cracked bark into oblong segments. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong or ovate, 8.3-34x5.4-16.5cm, sparsely hairy abov, densely covered with soft pubescence beneath, base usually oblique, apex actue, margin entire or obscurely serrate; petiole upto 1cm long with 2 large glands on it or at the base; with secondary nerves 6-17 pairs, raised beneath, curving just below the margin. Flowers greenish yellow, bisexual, in axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx villous, lobes ovate- triangular. Fruit 5-winged, with horizontal veins. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Jamli, Koktu Valley, Bori, Semadoh, Kolkaz |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The bark is used medicinally against Diarrhea. Bark juice applied to treat wounds, cuts, skin diseases, Diarrhea; bark for anemia. Gum edible for stomach disorders. Leaves paste given in vomiting; boiling leaves vapor inhaled to relieve headache; |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: tomentosic acid; friedelin; Beta-amyrin; methyloleanolate; lupeol; leucoanthocyanidin; betulic acid; Arjunolic acid; Arjunic acid; Arjunetin; ellagic acid; Oxalic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Lupeol; Oxalic acid; Friedelin; Ellagic acid; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264874
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Laurel.html
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978_94_015_9339_7_11
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11223218
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/np50045a039
- http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Terminalia_alata.PDF |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Rosidae |
Order | : Myrtales |
Family | : Combretaceae - Indian Almond family |
Genus | : Terminalia L. - tropical almond |
Species | : Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth |