Pithecellobium dulce Benth. |
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Botanical Name |
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Pithecellobium dulce Benth. |
English
Name |
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Manilla Tamarind |
Family |
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Mimosaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small to medium-sized, evergreen, spiny tree, up to 18 m in height. Bark smooth, grey with yellowish white lenticels; leaves bipinnate: pinnae 2; pinnules 2 in each pinna, obliquely ovate-oblong, 1-4 cm. long; flowers in dense heads 1 cm broad; seeds 6-10, shining black, enveloped in pink to whitish, pulpy aril. |
| Herb Effects |
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Abortifacient, astringent, emollient (leaf); kills sperm, hemolytic and aids in inducing agglutination of human blood (seed); alleviates spasms (stem bark). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Kaempferol and quercetin (seed and flower); xanthophylls and alpha-spinasterol (flower); lecithin (seed). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| alpha-Spinasterol |
481-18-5 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-hept-3-en-2-yl)-10,
13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,
6,9,11,12,
14,15,16
,17-dodecahydro-1H-c
yclopenta[a]phenanth
ren-3-ol |
C29H48O |
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| Lecithin |
8057-53-2 |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In dysentery (bark powder); indigestion (decoctions of leaves or barks) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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