It is a medium sized tree, a native of south eastern asia, india, bangladesh, east srilanka, south western china and vietnam. This study evaluated the healing effect of dillenia indica fruit extracts on induced psoriasislike wounds in wistar rats. In the present work microscopy evaluation and physiochemical analysis of d. Dillenia indica, dillenia speciosa, elephant apple, chulta. Leaves simple, large, alternate or spirally arranged, petioles channeled above, exstipulate or stipulate. Antidiarrhoeal activity of the leaf and fruit extracts of. Optimization in the extraction of polyphenolic compounds and antioxidant activity from opuntia ficus. Dillenia indica was one of the many species first described by linnaeus in the 10th edition of his systema naturae in fleshy calyx eaten raw as well as cooked as vegetable suited with fish, pulses and root vegetable. Large, knobby fruit with acidic flavored edible pulp. Dillenia philippinensis, katmon, philippine elephant apple. Elephant apple, indian catmon, mota karmal common name details. Pdf structure and antioxidant activities of proanthocyanidins from. Dillenia indica di is used in folklore and traditional medicine as general health enhancer. Dillenia elliptica thumb dillenia speciosa thumb an evergreen tree, 6l5 m tall, with red, smooth, thick bark, and tomentose spreading branches.
Botany indian catmon is a more or less deciduous tree growing up to 10 meters or more in height, with a few widespreading. The leaves are 1536 cm long, with a conspicuously corrugated surface with impressed veins. Dilleniaceae katmon, philippine elephant apple, philippines simpoh origin. Dillenia indica produces a large hard edible fruit which is accessible only to the megaherbivores in the wild. Animals for the study, rats as well as mice were used.
Plant details information about dillenia indica plant. It has beautiful white fragrant flowers, toothed leaves and globose 34 fruits with small brown seeds. Abstract plants are pla ying an important role in therapy of many diseases. Study of the effect of dillenia indica fruit mucilage on. It is an evergreen large shrub or small to mediumsized tree growing to 15 m tall. First report of leaf spot disease of elephant apple dillenia indica caused by pestalotiopsis sp.
Fresh dillenia indica elephant apple rare tropical plant tree 5 seeds. The extract showed significant antidiabetic activity p 1, nheptacosan7one 2, nnonatriacontan. Pdf on jan, 2019, n a deshmukh and others published elephant. Leaves simple, alternate, to 50 cm, with or without persistent or deciduous amplexicaul wings. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4. Icleao creative commons zero, public domain dedication. The fruit of di is globose figure 1, with excrescent calyx, 12. Apurba talukdar 1, nayan talukdar 2, satyendra deka 1 and bhargab jyoti sahariah 1 department of pharmacy, assam down town university 1, guwahati26, assam. Dillenia indica outenga or elephant apple is the common fruit that is an integral part of grandmas recipe, which has more to it than just its bitter taste and flavour.
The leaves are 1536 cm long, with a conspicuously corrugated surface with. It is interesting to know that bark of dillenia indica f. Therapeutic benefit of dillenia indica in diabetes and its associated. The white flowers are large with numerous stamens and the numerous styles radiate out from. This asian species has leathery leaves with prominent lateral veins which are almost parallel to one another and the margin is toothed.
In this study, ethanolic extract of the leaf and fruit of dillenia indica was the experimental sample where antidiarrhoeal activity was analyzed. Lupanetriterpenoids from stem bark of dillenia indica. Antidiarrhoeal activity, leaf and fruit, dillenia indica. First report of leaf spot disease of elephant apple dillenia indica. Antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of dillenia. The vernacular names include chalta, chulta, karambel, bhavya and ramphal. Media in category dillenia indica the following 93 files are in this category, out of 93 total. The fruits of dillenia indica di are used by tribal and folk communities of various regions as vegetable. Healing effect of dillenia indica fruit extracts standardized to.
Coagulationflocculation of textile effluent using a. Dillenia indica is a wellknown medicinal plant of this genus for their therapeutic potential in preclinical studies. Dilleniaceae elephant apple, chulta, hondapara tree, matad origin. The same compilation lists the latter as indigenous to the philippines. Department of agriculture agricultural research service.
Dillenia dilleniaceae is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in tropical and subtropical. Industrial activities are the main polluters of water resources because of the use of a high volume of water containing species which are toxic or difficult to degrade, such as colors garcia et al. Typical low, rounded crown of a tree growing in the open photograph by. Dillenia is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern asia, australasia, and the indian ocean islands. In the present work, drying kinetics of elephant apple dillenia indica was studied at four different drying temperatures i.
This tropical looking beauty s a favorite tree among filipino garden enthusiasts. Here we have studied on a plant which is dillenia indica. Dillenia indica elephant apple, chultachalta or ouu is a species of dillenia native to southeastern asia, from india, bangladesh and sri lanka east to. Microscopic evaluation and physiochemical analysis of. Dillenia indica, commonly known as elephant apple, is a species of dillenia native to china and tropical asia. Chulta, dillenia, elephant apple, hondapara tree, matad description. Dillenia indica is commonly known as chalta or chilta in hindi. The aim of the study was to evaluate the hematoprotective effects of natural botanical, dillenia. It is one of the mega biodiversity hotspots of the world, particularly excellent reservoir of. Today sophisticated modern research tools for evaluation of the plant drugs are available but microscopic method is still one of the simplest and cheapest methods to start for establishing the correct identity of the source materials. Flowers solitary or clusters in terminal racemes, bracts, bracteoles caducous when present, calyx 5 toothed, spreading, enlarged and fleshy in fruit. Fruits of other species of the genus have similar uses. The present study was carried out to evaluate antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of dillenia indica methanolic leaves extracts in streptozotocin induced diabetic wistar rats by administering graded oral doses 250 and 500 mgkg body weight for 21 days. Dillenia indica in the germplasm resources information network grin, u.
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