Gmelina arborea |
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| Description | ||||||
An unarmed tree, with smooth, whitish-grey bark, densely velvety tomentose young parts, opposite, broadly ovate, cordate, glandular leaves, brownish-yellow flowers, in terminal panicles and fleshy, orange-yellow or blackish, ovoid drupes containing 1-2 seeds. |
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| Useful part | ||||||
Root, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, wood |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
hallucination, fever, bleeding, burning sensation, fever, foul ulcers, leprosy, skin diseases, hair growth, anaemia, constipation, leucorrhoea headache, diabetes, cough, rheumatism |
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| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
luteolin, apigenin, quercetin, b-sitosterol, hentriacontanol, lignans |
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