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Botanical Name |
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Toona ciliata M.Roem |
English
Name |
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Indian Mahogany Tree |
Synonym(s) |
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Cedrela australis F. v. Muell., Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottl. & Willd., Toona australis (F. v. Muell.) Harms |
Family |
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Meliaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Fast-growing trees to 20-30 m tall. Leaves usually 3-6 dm long, leaflets 10-14 (-18), narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 4.5-16 cm long, glabrous or at least sparsely pubescent, apex acute to caudate, base inequilateral. Calyx lobes ca. 1 mm long; petals white, ca. 5-6 mm long, margins ciliate; nectary disk pubescent; staminal filaments ca. 2 mm long, staminodes absent; ovary and style glabrous. Capsules reddish brown, with some lighter spots, ellipsoid, 2-2.8 cm long. Seeds brown, thin, dry, the embryo portion ca. 1-2 mm long with 2 wings, the longer one ca. 5-15 mm long, the other ca. half as long. |
| Herb Effects |
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Astringent (bark); anticancer (stem bark); alleviates spasms (leaf and stem bark); stimulates the central nervous system, antiprotozoal and hypoglycemic (leaf). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Toonacilin and 6-acetoxytoonacilin (bark); cedrelone, siderin and 6-deoxycedrelone (heartwood). |
| Chemistry
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
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| Toonacilin |
66610-71-7 |
Not Available |
C31H38O9 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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As a tonic, astringent and in dysentery, ulcers, leprosy, fevers, itching, headache, biliousness (bark) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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