A Short Review on Gynocardia odorata R. Br: A Potent Medicinal Plant of Assam

A Short Review on Gynocardia odorata R. Br: A Potent Medicinal Plant of Assam

Dipjyoti Kalita, Nilakshee Devi
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3546-5.ch022
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Abstract

Gynocardia odorata R. Br (Achariaceae) is an important medicinal plant. It is indigenous to Indian subcontinent and grows extensively in the tropical forests of Western Ghats and Hilly regions of North Eastern India. The plant has long been used in the traditional system of medicine to treat various cutaneous and subcutaneous diseases. The chapter deals with the different scientific studies and reports available in different aspects of this plant in the areas like morpho-taxonomy, ethnobotany, phytochemistry, and pharmacognosy.
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G. odorata R. Br. is a crooked, moderate to large sized East Indian tree which occurs in the dense tropical and temperate forest, also in secondary forest margin (Mohan et al., 2013; Khan et al., 2014 & Sharma et al., 2016). It grows wildly throughout India and other tropical countries of the world (Roxburgh, 1820). The species is found in the moist forests of mountain valleys in South Asia- India, South- East Xizang and Yunnan in China, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar (Khan, 2014 b). This monotypic genus is indigenous to the moist forests of the North East India (Parascandola 2003; Rana & Ranade, 2009; Bera et al., 2014) and is fairly common in the evergreen forests throughout Assam. It is cultivated in Nigeria, Uganda, Sri Lanka and few other South East Asian countries.

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