Garcinia indica (DUP.) CHOISY |
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Botanical Name |
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Garcinia indica (DUP.) CHOISY |
English
Name |
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Kakan Butter Tree; Kokum Butter and Concrete Oil of Mangosteen (seed oil) |
Synonym(s) |
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Brindonia indica Dupetit-Thouars, Garcinia purpurea Roxb. Garcinia celebica, Desr. |
Family |
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Clusiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small evergreen tree. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 6.3 to 9 cm long and 2.5 to 3.8 cm wide, glabrous with entire margins; petioles 0.6 to 0.9 cm long. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or in spreading fascicles; pedicels 4-8 mm long or absent; bracts scale like; sepals 4.5 mm; petals 4, male flowers 3 to 8 together, female flowers solitary or 2 to 3 together. Fruit berry, globose, dark purple when ripe. Seeds 5 to 8, compressed in purple pulp. |
| Herb Effects |
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The fruit has anthelmintic and cardiotonic properties; astringent (bark and fruit); coagulates semen and stimulates the central nervous system (aerial part). Seed oil astringent, demulcent, emollient ad soothing. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Garcinol, iso-garcinol, cyanidin and (-)-hydroxy-citric acid (fruit); cambogin and camboginol (latex). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Garcinol |
78824-30-3 |
7-[(3,4-dihydroxyphe
nyl)-hydroxy-methyli
dene]-4,4-dimethyl-3
,5-bis(3-m
ethylbut
-2-enyl)-1-(5-methyl
-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-he
x-4-enyl)-bicyclo[3.
3.
1]nonane-6,8,9-t
rione |
C38H50O6 |
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| Cyanidin |
87725-42-6 |
[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphe
nyl)-3,7-dihydroxy-c
hromen-5-ylidene]oxo
nium |
C15H11O6+ |
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| Camboginol |
78824-30-3 |
7-[(3,4-dihydroxyphe
nyl)-hydroxy-methyli
dene]-4,4-dimethyl-3
,5-bis(3-m
ethylbut
-2-enyl)-1-(5-methyl
-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-he
x-4-enyl)-bicyclo[3.
3.
1]nonane-6,8,9-t
rione |
C38H50O6 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In skin diseases and dysentery (leaf); as an astringent (bark and fruit) and ointment (in conditions such as ulcers and dry skin) (seed oil). The fruit is used in the form of juice to treat gulma, deficient digestion, thirst and diseases of mouth. Used to treat piles, dysentery, tumours, pains and heart ailments. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Bentley and Trimen, Medicinal Plants.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. |
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