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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
Flowering: April-June. Fruiting: July-August
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 248
Morphology
A medium sized deciduous tree, reaching 7-10 m tall often with a tall, narrow crown. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, 2-12 cm long, glossy green on some species or dense silvery-hairy in some others, shape varies from broad oval to narrow lanceolate. The flowers are white, rarely tinted yellow or pink, 2-4 cm in diameter and have five petals. The fruit is globose and is composed of the receptacle or upper end of the flower-stalk greatly dilated. Enclosed within its cellular flesh is the true fruit
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 248
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Eurasia
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Maharashtra: Satara
Karnataka: Chikmagalur
Kerala: Idukki
Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Salem
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya
Indian Distribution
Throughout Assam
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Siddha
Unani
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1774
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1774 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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The fruit is consumed raw, canned as juice and dried. Jams and jellies are also prepared
Nutritional Value
Energy 58 kcal; carbohydrate 13.81 gm; protein 0.38 gm; total fat 0.12 gm; dietary fibres 3.1 gm; vitamin C 4.2mg; vitamin E 0.12mg; riboflavin 0.025mg; sodium 1mg; potassium 119mg; calcium 9 mg; magnesium 7 mg; phosphorus 11mg; zinc 0.10 mg & small amount of beta-carotene, per100gm
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 248
Folklore
Considered to have diuretic properties and stimulates the urine elimination. Also have analgesic properties. In external use, the bark is used in decoctions and believed to mitigate the pains produced by blows, twists, sprains and bruises etc
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 248
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1774
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1774
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Rosales |
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Genus | Pyrus |
| Species | Pyrus communis |
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