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(Redirected from Aporosa lindleyana) Species of flowering plant

Aporosa cardiosperma
Fruits
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Aporosa
Species: A. cardiosperma
Binomial name
Aporosa cardiosperma
(Gaertn.) Merr.
Synonyms
  • A. affinis Baill.
  • A. lindleyana (Wight) Baill.
  • A. sphaerocarpa Müll.Arg.

Aporosa cardiosperma is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to South-West India and Sri Lanka. The fruit has two seeds covered with sour gelatinous pulp that is fed on by birds (and edible for humans) which disperse the seeds. In the Western Ghats of India, the thin stems of the tree are often galled by Cecidomyiidae. An echinate gall formation has also been noted in Kerala.

A herbal concoction of the leaves is used in traditional remedies for jaundice and other conditions. Antioxidant and hypoglycemia inducing properties of its extracts have been noted in laboratory studies.

  • Flowers Flowers
  • Leaves Leaves
  • Tree Tree
  • heart-shaped seed heart-shaped seed
  • ripe fruit ripe fruit

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018). "Aporosa cardiosperma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T33511A136127071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T33511A136127071.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Hedrick, U.P., ed. (1919). Sturtevant's notes on edible plants. Albany: J.B. Lyon. p. 59.
  3. Puyravaud, Jean‐Philippe; Dufour, Céline; Aravajy, Subramanian (2003). "Rain forest expansion mediated by successional processes in vegetation thickets in the Western Ghats of India". Journal of Biogeography. 30 (7): 1067–1080. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00882.x. ISSN 0305-0270.
  4. Saleem, U.K.A.; Nasser, M. (2015-07-03). "Insect-induced galls of the Malabar bioregion, Southern India". Oriental Insects. 49 (3–4): 165–197. doi:10.1080/00305316.2015.1081420. ISSN 0030-5316.
  5. Badami, Shrishailappa; Rai, Sujay R.; Suresh, B. (2005). "Antioxidant activity of Aporosa lindleyana root". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 101 (1–3): 180–184. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.029.
  6. Ali, Yakub; Alam, Mohammad Sarwar; Hamid, Hinna; Husain, Asif; Kharbanda, Chetna; Bano, Sameena; Nazreen, Syed; Haider, Saqlain (2014). "Attenuation of inflammatory mediators, oxidative stress and toxic risk evaluation of Aporosa lindleyana Baill bark extract". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 155 (3): 1513–1521. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.07.035.
  7. Jayakar, B.; Suresh, B. (2003). "Antihyperglycemic and hypoglycemic effect of Aporosa lindleyana in normal and alloxan induced diabetic rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 84 (2–3): 247–249. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00328-8.
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Aporosa cardiosperma

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