Aphanamixis polystachya
Aphanamixis polystachya
Author : (WaIl.) Parker
Family : Meliaceae
Habit: Small to medium tree
Sanskrit: Rohitakah
English:Rohituka tree
Description
A large handsome evergreen tree, up to 15 m tall, with dark brown, rough, corky-cracked bark, imparipinnate leaves, crowded at the ends of branchlets, containing 9-19 elliptic or oblong-ovate leaflets, numerous erect, sessile, dull-white, subglobular flowers, males in solitary axillary panicles, females in axillary or supra-axillary solitary spikes, and yellow or purplish, 3-valved, fleshy, globular fruits with oblong, oily seeds and scarlet aril.
Useful part

Bark, seeds, seed oil
Medicinal Uses

Liver, eye and spleen disorders, tumour, abdominal complaints, ulcers, sores, intestinal worms, skin diseases, leprosy, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, leucorrhoea, burning sensation
Major chemical constituents

aphanamixinin, aphanamixin, aphanamixolin, aphanamixolide, aphananin, aphanamixol, amoorinin, prieurianin, amooranin, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, dammer-(20:21)-ene-(24:25)-epoxy-3β-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosl-(1→4)-b-D-xylopyranoside, 1,5-dihydroxy-6,7,8-trimethoxy-2-methyl-3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside, naringenin 7,4’-dimethylether-5-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside, poriferastrol-3-rhamnoside, betulin-3b-O-β-D-xylopyranoside, 8-C-methyl-5,7,3’,4’-tetrahydroxyflavone-3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside, fatty acids, tannins