Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MT130 : Quercus incana W. Bartram

Plant Category : Tree

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Quercus leucotrichophora; Quercus incana Roxb. (illeg.);

Plant Common Name : Ban Oak, Woolly Oak • Hindi: Banjh • Himachali: Vari, Ring • Kumaoni: Phanal

Plant Family : FAGACEAE

Description : An evergreen tree to 25m, found in the Himalayas. It is a large or medium sized tree, with leathery dull green leaves, sharply toothed leaves, 6-16 cm long. Leaves have dense white-woolly hairs on the underside. The species name leucotrichophora means carrying white hairs. Flowers arise in catkins. Male catkins are woolly-haired. Nuts are ovoid, to 1.5 cm, half covered by the the involucral cup when mature. Flowering: April-May.

Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : A decoction or infusion is astringent, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-septic, styptic and haemostatic. It is taken internally to treat conditions such as acute Diarrhea, dysentery and haemorrhages. Externally, it is used as a mouthwash to treat toothache or gum problems and is applied topically as a wash on cuts, burns, various skin problems, haemorrhoids and oral, genital and anal mucosa inflammation.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Friedlein; Leucopelargonidin; Lignoceric acid; oleic acid; palmitic acid; quercetin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3):

Pelargonidin;

Quercetin;

Palmitic acid;

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 : Hamamelididae
Order : Fagales
Family : Fagaceae - Beech family
Genus : Quercus L. - oak
Species : Quercus incana W. Bartram - bluejack oak

Quercus incana W. Bartram - bluejack oak
Quercus incana W. Bartram - bluejack oak
Quercus incana W. Bartram - bluejack oak