Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. |
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Botanical Name |
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Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. |
Synonym(s) |
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Inga xylocarpa (Roxb.) DC., Mimosa xylocarpa Roxb., Xylia dolabriformis Benth |
Family |
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Mimosaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A large, deciduous, unarmed tree, up to 18 m. in height with a girth of 2 m. Bark smooth, reddish grey, exfoliating in large, irregular flakes; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 4-10, oblong, with glands on the rachis between the upper leaflets, 7.5-15.0 cm long; flowers white to yellowish white, sessile, in globose, peduncled heads crowded on short branchlets; pods 10-15 cm long, flat, woody, 6-10-seeded; seeds brown. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antirheumatic (seed oil); inhibits coagulation of blood platelets (leaf); as a vermifuge (bark powder) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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t-5-Hydroxypipecolic acid and beta-sitosterol (leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| beta-Sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14,
15,16,17
-dodecahydro-1H-cycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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For vomiting, swellings, gonorrhoea, diarrhoea and ulcers (bark powder); in rheumatism, leprosy, piles, and ulcers (seed oil) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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