Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
MT064 : Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 290 |
| Synonym | : | Nathusia swietenioides (Roxb.) Kuntze.;
Schrebera pubescens Kurz.;
Schrebera swietenioides var. pubescens (Kurz) Kurz.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Mokha, K- Jhan, Weaver's Beam Tree • Hindi: Banpalas, Mokhdi, Mokha • Kannada: bula, gante, mogalingamara • Malayalam: maggamaram, malamplasu, muskkakavrksam • Marathi: Mokha, mokadi, nakti • Oriya: mokka • Sanskrit: Ghantapatali, Golidha, Kastapatola • Tamil: kattupparutticceti, mogalingam, makalinkam • Telugu: bullakaya, magalinga, tondamukkudi |
| Plant Family | : | Oleaceae |
| Description | : | Deciduous trees, to 15 m high, bark 0.5 cm, greyish-black, exfoliating in thin irregular scales; blaze pink-red. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 5-10 cm, slender, pubescent, grooved above; leaflets 7-9, opposite; petiolule 3-30 mm, grooved above, angular, tomentose; lamina 6.5-14 x 3.5-6.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate, elliptic-obovate, base attenuate or oblique, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous above, villous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, pubescent beneath, slender; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-brown, fragrant, 1 cm, nocturnal, in terminal, trichotomous cymes; calyx obscurely 4-7 toothed, puberulent, accrescent; corolla 4 mm across, slaver shaped, lobes 4-7, rounded, glandular; stamens 2, attached near the top of corolla tube; filaments short; ovary 2-celled, superior, ovules 3-4 in each cell; style 6 mm long, cylindric; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a capsule, 5 x 2.5 cm, obovoid, loculicidally 2 valved; seeds pendulous, winged. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | More frequent in Dhargad, Kelpani, Belkund |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The roots, bark and leaves are bitter, acrid, appetising, digestive, thermogenic, stomachic, depurative, constipating urinary astringent and anthelmintic. They are useful in treating a range of conditions including indigestion, skin diseases, leprosy, anaemia, boils and burns and rectal disorders. The bark is used to treat diseases of the throat, anaemia, bleeding piles and diabetes. The fruits are reported to be useful in curing hydrocele. The roots are used in the treatment of leprosy. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 3-Phenyl coumarin; 4-O-Methyl-Epigallo catechin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Catechin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Weaver's%20Beam%20Tree.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31765
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Schrebera+swietenioides
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282297015 |
| 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 | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Oleaceae |
| Genus | : Schrebera |
| Species | : Schrebera swietenioides Roxb. |