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Artocarpus nobilis

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Species of flowering plant

Ceylon breadfruit
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Artocarpus
Species: A. nobilis
Binomial name
Artocarpus nobilis
Thwaites
Synonyms
  • Artocarpus pubescens Moon
  • Saccus nobilis Kuntze

Artocarpus nobilis, the Ceylon breadfruit, is a tree species in the family Moraceae. It is endemic to south western regions of Sri Lanka. It is known as "Wal dhel - වල් දෙල්" , "Baedi dhel - බැදි දෙල්" or as "Hingala dhel - හිංගල දෙල්" by local people.

The plant is known to infect by Rigidoporus microporus to cause White root disease. This is the first time that the pathogen was found instead of Hevea brasiliensis.

Description

Ceylon breadfruit is an evergreen plant with about 25m height. The seeds and fruits are used for medicinal purposes for the worm diseases caused by nematode Ascaris lumbricoides.

Chemistry

Artocarpus nobilis contains prenylated flavonoids, xanthonoids in its root bark, geranylated phenolic compounds in its fruits, geranyl chalcones in its leaves and pyranodihydrobenzoxanthones isolated from the bark.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Artocarpus nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30865A9578329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30865A9578329.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Artocarpus nobilis Thwaites — the Plant List".
  3. "Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: වල් දෙල්/බැදි දෙල්/හිංගල දෙල්[Wal del/Bedi-del]/Hingala-del (Artocarpus nobilis)". 2012-06-17.
  4. Madushani, HKI; Fernando, Thps; Wijesundara, RLC; Siriwardane, D. (2014). "First Report of white root disease of Artocarpus nobilis in Sri Lanka caused by Rigidoporus microporus". Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 42 (2): 197. doi:10.4038/jnsfsr.v42i2.6998.
  5. "Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka: Plants Details".
  6. Jayasinghe, U.L.B.; Samarakoon, T.B.; Kumarihamy, B.M.M.; Hara, N.; Fujimoto, Y. (2008). "Four new prenylated flavonoids and xanthones from the root bark of Artocarpus nobilis". Fitoterapia. 79 (1): 37–41. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2007.07.014. PMID 17855020. INIST 19972501.
  7. Jayasinghe, Lalith; Rupasinghe, G. Kalinga; Hara, Noriyuki; Fujimoto, Yoshinori (2006). "Geranylated phenolic constituents from the fruits of Artocarpus nobilis". Phytochemistry. 67 (13): 1353–1358. Bibcode:2006PChem..67.1353J. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.04.011. PMID 16730759. INIST 18043180.
  8. Jayasinghe, Lalith; Balasooriya, B. A.; Padmini, W. Chintha; Hara, Noriyuki; Fujimoto, Yoshinori (May 2004). "Geranyl chalcone derivatives with antifungal and radical scavenging properties from the leaves of Artocarpus nobilis". Phytochemistry. 65 (9): 1287–1290. Bibcode:2004PChem..65.1287J. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.03.033. PMID 15184014.
  9. Uvais, M.; Sultanbawa, S.; Surendrakumar, Sivagnanasundram (1989). "Two pyranodihydrobenzoxanthones from Artocarpus nobilis". Phytochemistry. 28 (2): 599–605. Bibcode:1989PChem..28..599U. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(89)80059-7.

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Artocarpus nobilis


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