| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Acacia obliquifolia M.Martens & Galeotti; Albizia dulcis (Roxb.)F.Muell.; Feuilleea dulcis (Roxb.)Kuntze; Inga camatchili Perr.; Inga dulcis (Roxb.)Willd.; Inga javana DC.; Inga javanica DC.; Inga lanceolata Sensu Blanco, non Kuntze; Inga leucantha C.Presl; Inga pungens Willd.; Mimosa dulcis Roxb.; Mimosa edulis Gagnep.; Mimosa pungens (Willd.)Poir.; Mimosa unguis-cati Blanco; Pithecellobium littorale Record; Pithecollobium dulce (Roxb.)Benth.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Manilla Tamarind, Madras Thorn, Sweet tamarind • Hindi: Jangal Jalebi • Kannada: Seeme hunase • Marathi: Vilayatichinch • Tamil: Kodukkappuli • Gujarati: Vilayati ambli |
| Plant Family | : | MIMOSOIDEAE |
| Description | : | A medium-sized, armed tree, upto 15m. Bark greyish and smooth, at maturity dark brown and fissured. Stout and strong paired spines, arising at leaf base. Leaflets four arranged in two pairs, Fruit resembles a coiled bean, flat seeds black covered by white flesh. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves can be used as a plaster to allay pain even from venereal sores, and can relieve convulsions. A paste made from the leaves is applied externally to treat muscular swellings caused by some inflammations. The leaves together with salt can cure indigestion and, in larger doses, can also induce abortion (ABORTIFACIENT). The bark of the root is a good remedy for Diarrhea and dysentery. The bark is used medicinally as a febrifuge. The fruit pulp is taken orally to stop blood flow in case of haemoptysis. The seed juice is inhaled into the nostrils against chest congestion and pulverised seeds are ingested for internal ulcers. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Docosanoic acid; kaempferol; Lignoceric acid; quercetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Quercetin; Kaempferol; |
| 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 : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Pithecellobium Mart. - blackbead |
| Species | : Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. - monkeypod |
