It is a tree that has colonised almost everywhere, and use its prolific growth positively. Melia azederach bead tree, pride of india, chinaberry pfaf. Melia azedarach linn medicinal uses medicinal plants. Request pdf pharmacological potentials of melia azedarach l. Its various parts have antihelmintic, antimalarial. Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. I practically grew up with neem trees, melia azdirachta and azadirachta indica. Asteraceae were taken to evaluate antidiabetic activity. Melia azedarach melia greek name for the ash tree fraxinus sp. Melia azedarach is highly toxic, including both its leaves and fruit, and is often used as a natural pesticide.
The plant has been introduced into several c o u n t ries in as ia, north america and latin america. Description and medicinal uses of azadirachta indica neem. In view of the ethnobotanical uses and medicinal properties of m. Melia azedarach requires open sun, but adapts to a wide range of soil moisture conditions.
Its use in the traditional folk medicine is also well documented. However, because they contain toxic components, care is needed in their use. Melia azedarach is also significantly more coldtolerant. Melia azedarach invades disturbed areas and is commonly found along roads and forest edges. The root and the bark are used as an anthelmintic, vermifuge, cathartic, emetic and for intermittent fevers and dysentery. It is a wellknown ornamental grown for its scented flowers and shade. Their structures were elucidated by means of spectroscopic data, and the structure of. However, these uses cannot compensate for this plants overall negative impacts. Melia azedarach bead tree, china ball tree, chinaball. It is in flower in june, and the seeds ripen from october to november. In this study, the 4week oral toxicity and anticancer activity of the hexane layer of melia azedarach l. Meliaceae, is a highly significant medicinal plant found almost everywhere in.
It grows between sea level and 700 metres in open dry habitats and is highly resistant to. Melia azedarach wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Antibacterial efficacy of the seed extracts of melia azedarach against. 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.
Aboufakhr hammad em, zournajian h, talhouk s 2001 efficacy of extracts of melia azedarach l. Species identification in melia is complex due to the existence of overlapping morphological features. 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. Melia azederach is a deciduous tree growing to 9 m 29ft by 9 m 29ft at a fast rate. Then 2530 tablets each 56 g are made from this powder and stored in a plastic or glass bottle for further use. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs. 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 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. In my native language tamil, melia azadirachta is known as kattu vembhu grows wild in forests, hence the name kattu vembhu.
In jordan it has been planted as an ornamental plant for unrecorded number of years. Antifungal effects of different organic extracts from. Meliaceae mahogany family medicinal use of bead tree. Endophytic flora, both numbers and types, differ their host and depends on host geographical position18,19. 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. Pdf on dec 10, 2015, huma qureshi and others published. Meliaceae, was investigated against selected bacterial strains. Traditionally, different parts such as leaf, flower, seed, fruit, and young. State tree of andhra pradesh neem azadirachta indica. Four highly toxic meliatoxins a group of limonoids have,recently been discovered in the fruit flesh. In vitro antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungi. All parts of neem tree used as anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, contraceptive and sedative.
Wood is used to make agricultural implements, tool handles, thatching, and light furniture, and as timber and fuelwood. These medicinal plants have been used in traditional systems of indian medicine for treatment of various types of diseases and disorders. It has several common names such a s, w hite cedar, pers ian lilac, tulip cedar and chinaberry. 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. 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. Its various parts have antihelmintic, antimalarial, cathartic, emetic and emmenagogic properties and. Melia azedarach has purple or lilac colored flowers and fruit with multiple seeds. Endophytic fungi from medicinal plants can therefore be used for the development of drugs. Micromorphological and preliminary phytochemical studies. Preliminary and pharmacological profile of melia azedarach. Melia azedarach is well known for its medicinal uses.
Its various parts have antihelmintic, antimalarial, cathartic, emetic and emmenagogic properties and are also used. Various scientific studies reported the anticancer. Review article biological activities and medicinal. The pdf file linked from each plant community name describes the model and synthesizes the knowledge available on vegetation. Research article morphological study of endophytic. In vitro antibacterial prospective of crude leaf extracts of melia. Table1 in this process total 970 leaves and root samples leaves and root segments were use.
Melia azedarach can forms dense stands restricting the regeneration of native. The scientific name of chinaberrytree is melia azedarach l. Medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional medicinal practitioners to cure different diseases due to their worldwide availability and fewer side effects. Meliaceae is a deciduous tree that is native to northeastern india. Medicinal plants have been utilized as a constant source of medicaments for the variety of diseases. In vitro and in vivo antidiabetic effect of extracts of. We carried out a hollow fiber hf assay and 28 day repeated toxicity study to confirm the anticancer effect and safety of the hexane layer.
Melia azedarach has also been found in upland grasslands, woodlands, pastures and riparian areas. Traditional uses melia azedarach is a well known ethnomedicinal tree used in ayurveda. Preliminary and pharmacological profile of melia azedarach l. For medicinal purpose the parts used are roots, stembark, leaves, bark, seed, gum or sap. 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.
Extracts from chinaberrytree have been studied for potential medicinal applications including antibacterial. 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. Fully ripe fruit, however, appears to be much less toxic than. Fruit eaten by birds and may attract hummingbirds play value. The root and the bark are used as an anthelmintic, vermifuge, cathartic, emetic and for. Melia extracts of green and mature fruits, neem oil 30% a. Melia azedarach is often confused with the neem tree azadirachta indica, to which it is related. The confusion is particularly more likely when the plant material is supplied in powdered form.
Two sprays of each treatment except for melia mature fruit extract. 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. Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from melia azedarach. 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. C were belonging to class ascomycetes and sorderiomycetes, respectively. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of different solvent. Melia azedarach is used as an ayurvedic medicine in india and unani medicine in arab countries as an antioxidative. Uses for melia azedarach chinaberry plants forum at.
Fruit stones make ideal beads and are used in making necklaces and rosaries katende et al. Its various parts have anthelmintic, antimalarial, cathartic, emetic, and emmenagogic properties, and are also used to treat skin diseases. Cytotoxic evaluation of melia azedarach in comparison with. Bakayan tree melia azedarach uses, warnings and more. 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. Ghoda neem locally belongs to the family meliaceae, is a highly significant medicinal plant found almost everywhere in bangladesh. Extracts from different parts of melia azedarach l. 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. It was introduced into the united states in the mid 1800s for ornamental purposes. Chemical components and insectisidal properties of bakyain melia azedarach l. Neem is a fastgrowing tree that can reach a height of 1520 m, rarely to 3540 m. Fresh leaves are used as fodder for cattle, goats, and sheep.
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