Saturday 11 July 2015

Derris robusta کورائی


نباتاتی نام :ڈیرس روبسٹا Botanical Name: Derris robusta                
خاندان ©: فابیسی Family:Fabaceae
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ERRIS ROBUSTA Benth.

Dalbergia robusta Roxb., Deguelia robusta (Roxb. ex DC.) Taub.
Family: Fabeceae
Bengali/vernacular name: Jangaria, Jumurja, Jamurja (Chittagong), Miringa (Sylhet)
Tribal name: Dumurjja (Chakma), Gumbong (Murong), Bol-kakharu; Bol-tara (Garo), Gung ba (Marma)

Description of the plant:
A medium-sized deciduous tree with tall cylindrical bole and spreading crown. Leaves pinnately compound, 7-20 cm long; leaflets 6-10 pairs, elliptic-oblong, mucronate. Flowers white in slender, axillary, pubescent racemes. Fruit a pod, up to 7 cm long, linear, narrowed at both ends.
Using information:
Broken or wounded limbs are treated with slightly warmed leaves of these plants to reduce pain and aid healing. Root juice mixed with the juice of Sida acuta is used for sore throat by the Marma (Yusuf et al. 2009).
Alcoholic extract of seeds showed significant in vitro activity against some human and plant pathogenic bacteria; also antifungal against keratinophilic fungi and related dermatophytes (Asolkar et al., 1992).
Chemical constituents:
Seed shell contains chalcone rubone; isoflavone derrugenin; rubustigenin, its 5-Me ether; derrusnin, methyl ethers of robustone and robustin, alpinum, isoflavone di-Me-ether, β-sitosterol & its glucosides; 5-OH-7-OMe-isoflavone; derrone, its Me-ether. Roots contain 4 isoflavones, derrustone, derrubone, robustone and its Me ether, and 5 coumarins, derrusnin, robustic acid and their Me esters (Asolkar et al.,1992). 5-hydroxy-7-methoxyisoflavone has been isolated from seeds (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993).
Distribution:
Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, usually on dry hill slopes.

Derris robusta is a tree growing up to 25 metres tall, with bole that is normally up to 30 cm in diameter but with some specimens up to 65cm[
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The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is sometimes grown as a shade tree in plantations

Agroforestry Uses:

Occasionally used as a shade tree in tea plantations, and as a green manure[
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Other Uses

The wood is pale brown, with the heartwood not distinctly demarcated from the sapwood. It is hard and heavy. The wood is used for making tea chests, handles of axes etc[
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