Cordia dichotoma Forst. f. |
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Botanical Name |
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Cordia dichotoma Forst. f. |
English
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Clammy cherry, Fragrant manjack, Indian cherry, Sebesten |
Synonym(s) |
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Cordia obliqua Willd., Cordia myxa Roxb. non Linn. |
Family |
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Boraginaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small or medium-sized tree with a short, usually crooked trunk 3-4 ft. in girth.The stem bark is greyish brown, smooth or longitudinally wrinkled. Flowers are short-stalked, bisexual and white in colour, appear in loose corymbose cymes. The fruit is 0.5-1.0 in. long, yellowish brown, pink or nearly black when ripe, with a viscid, sweetish, almost transparent pulp surrounding a central stony part. |
| Herb Effects |
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Astringent, anthelmintic, diuretic, demulcent and expectorant (fruit) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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alpha-Amyrin and taxifolin-3,5-dirhamnoside (seeds) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| alpha-Amyrin |
638-95-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
12a,14,14a
-tetrade
cahydro-1H-picen-3-o
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C30H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In diseases of the chest, bronchitis and urinary passage (fruit); external application for ringworm (kernels); in dyspepsia and fevers (bark decoction). |
| Reference |
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 Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
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