Melia azedarach is native to southeast asia and northern australia. Meliaceae is a deciduous tree that is native to northeastern india. Melia azedarach wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Its use in the traditional folk medicine is also well documented. The root and the bark are used as an anthelmintic, vermifuge, cathartic, emetic and for. A biogenetically intresting ring cseco limonoid, salannal, and a potent insect antifeedant, meliacarpinin e, were isolated from the diethyl ether extract of root bark of chinese melia azedarach, along with four known seco limonoids, salannin, deacetylsalannin, nimbolinin b, nimbolidin b. Meliaceae, is a highly significant medicinal plant found almost everywhere in.
Its various parts have anthelmintic, antimalarial, cathartic, emetic, and emmenagogic properties, and are also used to treat skin diseases. Enhancement of antibacterial, wound healing, antidiabetic and antioxidant activities gandhimathi chinnasamy, smitha chandrasekharan, somika bhatnagar plant transformation and tissue culture, temasek life sciences laboratory, national university of singapore, 117604, singaporecorrespondence. However, because they contain toxic components, care is needed in their use. Fruit stones make ideal beads and are used in making necklaces and rosaries katende et al. Endophytic fungi from medicinal plants can therefore be used for the development of drugs. Meliaceae mahogany family medicinal use of bead tree. Melia azedarach, commonly known by many names, including white cedar, chinaberry tree, beadtree, cape lilac, syringa berrytree, persian lilac, and indian lilac, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, meliaceae, that is native to indomalaya and australasia. Melia azederach bead tree, pride of india, chinaberry pfaf.
Meliaceae, commonly known as persian lilac or chinaberry, has long been recognized in iran as a medicinal plant with a variety of medicinal effects and mentioned in ancient medical literatures as azad derakht1,2. Request pdf pharmacological potentials of melia azedarach l. Species identification in melia is complex due to the existence of overlapping morphological features. The pdf file linked from each plant community name describes the model and synthesizes the knowledge available on vegetation. Melia azedarach, commonly known by many names, including chinaberry tree, 3 pride of india, 4 beadtree, cape lilac, 3 syringa berrytree, 3 persian lilac, 3 and indian lilac, white cedar, 5 is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, meliaceae, that is native to indomalaya and australasia. Wood is used to make agricultural implements, tool handles, thatching, and light furniture, and as timber and fuelwood. Pdf on dec 10, 2015, huma qureshi and others published. The scientific name of chinaberrytree is melia azedarach l. Ghoda neem locally belongs to the family meliaceae, is a highly significant medicinal plant found almost everywhere in bangladesh. Uses for melia azedarach chinaberry plants forum at. Melia azedarach can forms dense stands restricting the regeneration of native. Medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional medicinal practitioners to cure different diseases due to their worldwide availability and fewer side effects. Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from melia azedarach.
Traditional uses melia azedarach is a well known ethnomedicinal tree used in ayurveda. Melia azederach is a deciduous tree growing to 9 m 29ft by 9 m 29ft at a fast rate. The name came originally from meli honey, as several species of ash have sweet sap azedarach the name given by the persian physician avicenna 9801037 to a. Melia azedarach invades disturbed areas and is commonly found along roads and forest edges.
Various scientific studies reported the anticancer. For medicinal purpose the parts used are roots, stembark, leaves, bark, seed, gum or sap. Melia azedarach in keeping with other members of the family meliaceae has a timber of high quality, but as opposed to many almostextinct species of mahoganys it is underutilised. Melia azedarach requires open sun, but adapts to a wide range of soil moisture conditions. Medicinal uses of melia azedarach melia azedarach is used traditionally to treat various ailments such as piles, mouth ulcer, skin problems, dandruff, gout, inflammation, etc. Melia azedarach is also significantly more coldtolerant. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs. Its various parts have antihelmintic, antimalarial. Preliminary and pharmacological profile of melia azedarach.
These medicinal plants have been used in traditional systems of indian medicine for treatment of various types of diseases and disorders. Fruit eaten by birds and may attract hummingbirds play value. Then 2530 tablets each 56 g are made from this powder and stored in a plastic or glass bottle for further use. Endophytic flora, both numbers and types, differ their host and depends on host geographical position18,19. In a serial agar dilution method, hexanic and ethanolic extracts from fruit, seed kernels, and senescent leaves exhibited fungistatic activity against aspergillus flavus, diaporthe phaseolorum var. In view of the ethnobotanical uses and medicinal properties of m. Meliaceae, was investigated against selected bacterial strains. General information melia azederach is a fastgrowing, deciduous tree that can reach a height of around 45 metres in closed, moist forests, though it is much smaller in the cooler and drier regions in which it is sometimes grown and where is much more likely to be just 10 15 metres tall. Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. In my native language tamil, melia azadirachta is known as kattu vembhu grows wild in forests, hence the name kattu vembhu. Its various parts have antihelmintic, antimalarial, cathartic, emetic and emmenagogic properties and are also used. Review article biological activities and medicinal. Preliminary and pharmacological profile of melia azedarach l.
Antifungal effects of different organic extracts from. Neem is a fastgrowing tree that can reach a height of 1520 m, rarely to 3540 m. Research article morphological study of endophytic. The characteristic properties and proper uses of many of these medicinal plants are traditionally well known, however many others have yet to be explored for their therapeutic values ahmad and husain, 2008. An aqueous extract reduces the intensity of asthmatic attacks. It grows between sea level and 700 metres in open dry habitats and is highly resistant to. Its various parts have antihelmintic, antimalarial, cathartic, emetic and emmenagogic properties and. Medicinal plants have been utilized as a constant source of medicaments for the variety of diseases. It is in flower in june, and the seeds ripen from october to november. Melia azedarach melia greek name for the ash tree fraxinus sp. In jordan it has been planted as an ornamental plant for unrecorded number of years. Antibacterial efficacy of the seed extracts of melia azedarach against.
Description and medicinal uses of azadirachta indica neem. Chemical components and insectisidal properties of bakyain melia azedarach l. Melia azadirachta is well known in india and its neighbouring countries for more than 2000 years as one of the most versatile medicinal plants having a wide spectrum of biological activity. Fresh leaves are used as fodder for cattle, goats, and sheep. Micromorphological and preliminary phytochemical studies. The plant has been introduced into several c o u n t ries in as ia, north america and latin america. Their structures were elucidated by means of spectroscopic data, and the structure of. Asteraceae were taken to evaluate antidiabetic activity.
The toxicity and anticancer activity of the hexane layer. Melia azedarach is well known for its medicinal uses. Traditionally, different parts such as leaf, flower, seed, fruit, and young. Extracts from different parts of melia azedarach l. It has the potential to grow in dense thickets, restricting the growth of native vegetation. It is a tree that has colonised almost everywhere, and use its prolific growth positively. It is a wellknown ornamental grown for its scented flowers and shade. C were belonging to class ascomycetes and sorderiomycetes, respectively. Melia azedarach is highly toxic, including both its leaves and fruit, and is often used as a natural pesticide. After scrutiny of published literature showing its medicinal importance, the.
The root and the bark are used as an anthelmintic, vermifuge, cathartic, emetic and for intermittent fevers and dysentery. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of different solvent. The confusion is particularly more likely when the plant material is supplied in powdered form. In vitro antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungi. Cytotoxic evaluation of melia azedarach in comparison with. Bakain melia azedarach, a relative of the famous neem tree, also known as chinaberry, is of common occurrence in india either on the roadside or in large gardens. Melia azedarach has purple or lilac colored flowers and fruit with multiple seeds. It was introduced into the united states in the mid 1800s for ornamental purposes. I practically grew up with neem trees, melia azdirachta and azadirachta indica. Two sprays of each treatment except for melia mature fruit extract. Aboufakhr hammad em, zournajian h, talhouk s 2001 efficacy of extracts of melia azedarach l.
However, these uses cannot compensate for this plants overall negative impacts. In this study, the 4week oral toxicity and anticancer activity of the hexane layer of melia azedarach l. Melia azedarach bead tree, china ball tree, chinaball. Melia azedarach is often confused with the neem tree azadirachta indica, to which it is related. Melia azedarach has also been found in upland grasslands, woodlands, pastures and riparian areas. Bakayan tree melia azedarach uses, warnings and more. All parts of neem tree used as anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, contraceptive and sedative. State tree of andhra pradesh neem azadirachta indica. Four highly toxic meliatoxins a group of limonoids have,recently been discovered in the fruit flesh. It has several common names such a s, w hite cedar, pers ian lilac, tulip cedar and chinaberry. Sterols and terpenoids from melia azedarach journal of.
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