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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MT126 : Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.)Benth.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Pithecellobium Mart. - blackbead
Species : Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. - monkeypod
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Tree  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : MIMOSOIDEAE  
 
Plant Common Name : Manilla Tamarind, Madras Thorn, Sweet tamarind • Hindi: Jangal Jalebi • Kannada: Seeme hunase • Marathi: Vilayatichinch • Tamil: Kodukkappuli • Gujarati: Vilayati ambli
 
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.
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.
 
Curated 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 : Docosanoic acid
kaempferol
Lignoceric acid
quercetin
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 :