Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels |
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Botanical Name |
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Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels |
English
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Wampee fruit |
Synonym(s) |
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Clausena wampi [Blco.] Oliv. |
Family |
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Rutaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A tree that grows to a height of 9m with a girth of 15cm. Leaves are compound, spiral, and exstipulate. Rachis is 15cm long with 3–4 pairs of folioles. Petiolules are 1.1cm long. Folioles are asymmetrical, 8cm × 4.3cm – 7.5cm × 4cm – 5.7cm × 3.8cm, and show 10 pairs of secondary nerves. Blade is minutely tipped at the apex. Gynaecium is gland-dotted and hairy. Fruits are a ripe golden yellow fruit, sour, with a yellow furry skin, and whitish pulp surrounding several greenish-black seeds. |
| Herb Effects |
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Stomachic, coolant, and anthelmintic (ripe fruit); antiinflammatory (plant) |
Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Used as a remedy for bronchitis (dried unripe fruits and dried sliced roots); as a hair wash to remove dandruff and to preserve the hair colour (decoction of the leaves). |
| Reference |
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 Christophe Wiart. Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific, P:220, CRC Press, June 2006.
Yang, M. H., Chen, Y. Y., and Huang, L. 1988. Three novel cyclic amides from Clausena lansium. Phytochemistry, 27, 445.
Zhang, J. T., Duan, W., Jiang, X. Y., Liu, S. L., and Zhao, M. R. 2000. Effect of (–)clausenamide on
impairment of memory and apoptosis. Neurobiol. Aging, 21, Suppl., 1, 243. |
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