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Miliusa tomentosa

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A species of deciduous tree

Miliusa tomentosa
Leaves and flowers of Miliusa tomentosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Miliusa
Species: M. tomentosa
Binomial name
Miliusa tomentosa
(Roxb.) J.Sinclair
Synonyms
  • Uvaria tomentosa Roxb.
  • Saccopetalum tomentosum Hook.f. & Thomson

Miliusa tomentosa is a large deciduous tree with 15–20 metre height. It is commonly known as wooly miliusa. The native range of this species is Indian subcontinent. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Description

Woolly miliusa is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 20 m tall. Bark is blackish brown. Leaves are thick leathery, ovate, oblong, 4–10 cm long, 2–5.5 cm broad, smooth above, softly hairy below, base rounded, margin entire, tip pointed, leaf-stalk 2–5 mm. Flowers are greenish, 1.5 cm across, solitary or in pairs opposite the leaf. Sepals are about 4 mm long, linear-lanceshaped. Petals are 3+3, abount 6 mm long, outer petals sepal-like, inner ones oblong to obovate. Fruits are dark purple, nearly spherical, 8–17 arranged in a ring, 2–3 cm across, stalk 1–1.5 cm long, seeds 3–4. Flowering: May–June.

Taxonomy

It belongs to the family Annonaceae.

Biochemistry

A qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis of dried leaves of this plant revealed the presence of carbohydrate, protein, cardiac glycoside, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, anthraquinones, tannins, quinines and inorganic compounds.

Uses

The oil from its seeds is used in Chinese traditional medicine for its antibacterial and analgesic properties.

Insect food plant

Butterflies such as tawny rajah, tailed jay, common jay, spot swordtail, narrow banded bluebottle etc. Feed on the leaves of this tree.

References

  1. "Welcome ephotocorp.com - BlueHost.com". www.ephotocorp.com.
  2. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Woolly%20Miliusa.html
  3. "Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Finet & Gagnep. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
  4. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Woolly%20Miliusa.html
  5. Khalid, L. P., Pulate, P. V., & Wagay, N. A. (2017). PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MILIUSA TOMENTOSA (ROXB.) J. SINCLAIR BY USING VARIOUS ORGANIC SOLVENTS. European Journal of Biomedical, 4(05), 276–281.
  6. Huong, D.T., Van, N.T.H., Kamperdick, C., Anh, N.T.H. and Sung, T.V. (2008). Two New Bis-styrylCompounds from Miliusa balansae" ChemInform, 10: 1002.
  7. "Miliusa tomentosa | Butterfly". www.ifoundbutterflies.org.
Taxon identifiers
Miliusa tomentosa
Uvaria tomentosa


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