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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS119 : Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Sapindales
Family : Burseraceae
Genus : Commiphora
Species : Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : Critically Endangered  
Plant Family : BURSERACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name :
 
Synonym : Balsamea mukul Baill.
Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks
Balsamodendron wightii Arn.
Balsamodendrum roxburghii Stocks
Commiphora mukul (Hook.) Engl.
Commiphora roxburghii Engl.
Description : much-branched, spiny, deciduous shrub growing up to 6 metres tall.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The resin is alterative, anti-septic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, astringent, carminative, demulcent, emmenagogue, expectorant and stomachic. It is used in the treatment of muscular rheumatism. The gum resin has been used extensively by Ayurvedic physicians for centuries to treat a wide variety of disorders. It is a natural health product, used primarily to reduce elevated blood cholesterol levels.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Allylcembrol
Guggulsterol I
Guggulsterol II
Guggulsterol III
mukulol
Cembrene
Cembrene A
ellagic acid
glutamic acid
ferulic acid
quercetin
palmitic acid
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 :