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Botanical Name |
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Careya arborea ROXB. |
English
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Slow Match Tree |
Synonym(s) |
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Careya coccinea sensu Alston. |
Family |
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Lecythidaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Medium-sized tree with large ovate, ovate-oblong leaves clustered at the end of the branchlets, old leaves often red/purple; flowers large, white and pink, in dense spikes, fruits large globose green, crowded with calyx tube, deciduous. |
| Herb Effects |
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Astringent (fruit and bark) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Careaborin (leaf); barringtogenol (seed); betulin, betulinic acid (bark) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
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| Betulin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O2 |
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| Betulinic Acid |
4481-62-3 |
Not Available |
C30H46O3 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Snakebite antidote (fruit and bark), in treating body pain, fever, cold, cough, and leucoderma. The plant parts are used to treat snakebite, ulcers, healing wound, cough, cold, abscesses and dysentery. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. |
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