Spondias pinnata (L. f.) KurzFamily: Anacardiaceae
Synonyms: Mangifera pinnata L. f. , Poupartia pinnata (L. f.) Blanco, Spondias acuminata Roxb., Spondias mangifera Willd., Tetrastigma megalocarpum W.T. Wang
Common name: Wild Mango, Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombinAssamese: আমৰা aamrata, আমড়া Aamada
Bengali: আমড়া aamada, আম্রাত aamraata, আম্রাতক aamraataka
Chinese: 木个
Gujarati: અંબાડાં ambaada
Hindi: अम्बाड़ा ambara, अम्बाड़ी ambari, अमरा amra, भृङ्गी फल bhringi-phal, मेटुला metula, पशु हरितकी pashu-haritaki, पीतन pitan
Khasi: Dieng-sohpier
Konkani: आंबाडे ambade, आंबाडो ambado
Malayalam: അമ്പഴം ampazham
Manipuri: Eikhoi
Marathi: अमडा amada, अंबाडा ambada, ढोलआंबा dholamba, खटांबा khatamba, रानआंबा ranamba
Mizo: Tawitaw
Nepali: अमारो amaro
Oriya: Ambaada
Portuguese: ambares
Sanskrit: आम्रात aamraata, अम्रातकः amraatakah, मेटुला metula, पीतनः pitan
Tamil: கிஞ்சம் kincam, புளிமா pulima
Telugu: అడవిమామిడి adavimamidi
Bole: Branched. Small/medium. To 20 m. Bark: Dark/light brown. Smooth/cracked. Slash: Pink/red. Resinous smell. Leaf: Odd-pinnate. 10 - 32 cm long. 7 - 13 leaflets. Alternate. Lflt: Alternate/opposite. Petiole: 1 - 2.3 cm. Lamina: Medium/small. 9 - 34 × 3 - 13 cm. Oblong/ovate. Rounded/cuneate. Asymmetrical (Terminal leaflet symmetrical). Acuminate/obtuse. Entire. Glabrous. Domatia: Absent. Glands: Absent. Stipules: Absent. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: Yellow/orange. Panicles on older branches & trunk 20 - 95 cm long. Dioecious. Fruit: Bright yellow; apiculate ellipsoid drupe. 1.5 - 2.5 cm long; 0.7 - 1.3 cm in diameter; edible.
Deciduous trees, 10-15 m tall; branchlets yellowish brown, glabrous. Petiole 10-15 cm, petiole and rachis glabrous; leaf blade 30-40 cm, imparipinnately compound with 5-11 opposite leaflets; leaflet petiolule 3-5 mm; leaflet blade ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 7-12 × 4-5 cm, papery, glabrous on both sides, base cuneate to rounded, often oblique, margin serrate or entire, apex acuminate, lateral veins 12-25 pairs, slightly impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially, joined with submarginal collecting vein. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal, 25-35 cm, glabrous, basal first order branches 10-15 cm. Flower sessile or subsessile, white, glabrous. Calyx lobes triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. Petals ovate-oblong, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, apically acute. Stamens ca. 1.5 mm. Ovary subglobose, ca. 1 mm; styles 4 or 5, free, ca. 0.5 mm. Drupe ellipsoid to elliptic-ovoid, yellowish orange at maturity, 3.5-5 × 2.5-3.5 cm; inner part of endocarp woody and grooved, outer part fibrous; mature fruit usually with 2 or 3 seeds. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep.
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Tree bark rubefacient, antiemetic, tonic, aromatic, astringent, refrigerant, useful in dysentery, diarrhea, biliousness, menstrual disorders, arthri- tis, tuberculosis, being used for rubbing on the skin over pain- ful joints; bark paste for stomach and body pain; bark juice taken for diarrhea and dysentery, also applied on ringworm and skin diseases. Leaves juice dropped in the ear in earache. The fruit used as an astringent, blood purifier, antiscorbutic and against dyspepsia; fruit juice applied or dropped against earache, also taken to stop blood dysentery; fruit boiled with the fish Channa punctatus, goroi, taken as curry against dysentery; seeds of Garcinia cowa made into a paste with seeds of Spondias pinnata applied on blistering spots, rashes and itches. Veterinary medicine, stem bark for snakebite. Magico-religious beliefs, superstitions, at night it is not advisable to go near the plant, maybe some devils are near that place; tribe gives fruit stone to children to wear against harmful effects of supernatural power, ghost, witches, and to cure mouth ulcer. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Fruits, leaves, bark— astringent, antidysenteric, anti- speptic, antiscorbutic. Bark paste applied externally to articular and muscular rheumatism. Root—used for regulating menstruation. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of In- dia recommends stem bark in haem- orrhagic diseases. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Medicinal use: Fruit is antiscorbutic and astringent, and used in bilious dyspepsia. Leaves are aromatic, acidic and astringent; juice is used in earache. Bark is astringent and useful in dysentery, diarrhea and vomiting. Paste of bark is used in rheumatism. Decoction of bark and wood is used in gonorrhea and leucorrhoea. Gum is demulcent. It is also used In the treatment of anemia, asthma, hyperacidity and scurvy. O the r uses: Fruit is acidic and edible. Wood is whitish, very soft and light and used for making packing cases. Barking deer is fond of its fruits. [Selected Medicinal Plants of Chittagong Hill Tracts]
Fruits, leaves, bark— astringent, antidysenteric, anti- speptic, antiscorbutic. Bark paste applied externally to articular and muscular rheumatism. Root—used for regulating menstruation. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of In- dia recommends stem bark in haem- orrhagic diseases. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
Medicinal use: Fruit is antiscorbutic and astringent, and used in bilious dyspepsia. Leaves are aromatic, acidic and astringent; juice is used in earache. Bark is astringent and useful in dysentery, diarrhea and vomiting. Paste of bark is used in rheumatism. Decoction of bark and wood is used in gonorrhea and leucorrhoea. Gum is demulcent. It is also used In the treatment of anemia, asthma, hyperacidity and scurvy. O the r uses: Fruit is acidic and edible. Wood is whitish, very soft and light and used for making packing cases. Barking deer is fond of its fruits. [Selected Medicinal Plants of Chittagong Hill Tracts]
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