Biology:Chukrasia

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Short description: Genus of trees

Indian mahogany
Chukrasia tabularis (2558807658).jpg
Taimareng (Manipuri- তাঈমৰেঙ) (4511097120).jpg
C. tabularis flowers, leaves and capsule
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Cedreloideae
Genus: Chukrasia
A.Juss.
Species:
C. tabularis
Binomial name
Chukrasia tabularis
A.Juss.
Synonyms
  • Chukrasia velutina var. dongnaiensis J. Graham ex Wight
  • Wall. Chickrassia tabularis
  • Wall. ex Hiern Wight & Arn.
  • Chickrassia tabularis var. velutina (M. Roem.) King
  • Chickrassia velutina M. Roem.
  • (Roxb.) J.Schultze-Motel Graham ex Wight
  • (Pierre) Pellegr. (Pierre) Pellegr.
  • (M. Roem.) Pellegr. M.Roem.
  • Pierre Pierre
  • Wall. Wall. ex Kurz
  • Dysoxylum esquirolii Surenus velutina
  • Toona velutina Chukrasia tabularis var. microcarpa
  • Chukrasia trilocularis Chukrasia velutina
  • Chukrasia velutina var. macrocarpa H.Lév.[2]
  • Kuntze M.Roem.
  • Melia tomentosa Chukrasia chickrassa
  • Chukrasia nimmonii Chukrasia tabularis var. dongnaiensis
  • Chukrasia tabularis var. macrocarpa (Pierre) Pellegr.
  • (G.Don) M.Roem. (M. Roem.) C. DC.
  • Pierre Kurz
  • Roxb. ex G.Don M.Roem.
  • Toona villosa Swietenia villosa
  • (M.Roem.) Wall. ex Kurz Plagiotaxis velutina
  • Swietenia trilocularis Plagiotaxis chickrassa
  • Swietenia velutina Sapindus multijugus
  • Chickrassia nimmonii Chukrasia tabularis var. velutina
  • Chukrasia velutina Chukrasia velutina var. microcarpa

Chukrasia tabularis, the Indian mahogany, is a deciduous, tropical forest tree species in the family Meliaceae. It is native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.[3] Also introduced to many western countries such as Cameroon, Costa Rica, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Africa , and United States.[4]

The genus Chukrasia is monotypic, with previously recognised species now considered to be synonyms.[5] "C. velutina" (this species) is listed as the provincial flower and tree of Phrae Province, Thailand[6] and is widely used in Ayurveda as an important medicinal plant.

Description

The trees are tall with a cylindrical bole and spreading crown. C. velutina leaves are abruptly pinnate or bipinnate with leaflets that alternate or are subopposite, entire and unequal at the base. The erect, oblong flowers, which are rather large and born in terminal panicles, possess four to five petals. Mature fruits are a septifragally three to five valved capsule.[4]

  • Chukrasia tabularis north Bengal AJTJ.JPG
  • Chukrasia tabularis leaves.jpg
  • Konda Vepa (Telugu- కొండ వేప) (5522453646).jpg
  • Chikrasi (Hindi- चिकरासी) (5522451604).jpg
  • Amaradrumamu (Telugu- అమరద్రుమము) (5658347442).jpg

Chemical constituents

Leaves of C. velutina contain quercetin and its 3-galactoside, galloyl glucoside, tannic acid and a flavone. The bark contains sitosterol, melianone, scopoletin, 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, tetranorterpenes and tabularin. The wood contains bussein homologue and chukrasins A, B, C, D and F. The root contains a triterpene, cedrelone. Seeds contain tetranorterpenes, phragmalin esters and 12 α-OAc-phyramalin.[7] Four new meliacin esters 3,30-diisobutyrates and 3-isobutyrate-30-propionates of phragmalin and 12-acetoxyphragmalin have also been isolated from seeds.[8][page needed]

Common names

  • English - Bastard cedar, White cedar, East-Indian mahogany, Indian redwood, Burma almond wood, Chickrassy, Chittagong wood
  • Hindi - Chikrasi (चिकरासी)
  • Manipuri - Taimareng (তাঈমৰেঙ)
  • Telugu - Kondavepa
  • Tamil - Malei veppu (மலை வேப்பு)
  • Kannada - Kalgarike
  • Malayalam - Suvannakil
  • Myanmar - Yinmarbin (ယင်းမာပင်) (ယင္းမာ)
  • Bengali - Chikrassi
  • Assamese - Boga-poma
  • Sinhala - Hulan hik (හුලං හික් ) / Hirikita (හිරිකිත)[9]
  • Vietnamese - Lát hoa

[10]

References

  1. ↑ Barstow, M. (2018). "Chukrasia tabularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T32651A68080787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T32651A68080787.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32651/68080787. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss. — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2720348. 
  3. ↑ "Chukrasia tabularis - MELIACEAE". http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/chuktabu/chuktabu_en.html. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Chukrasia tabularis". World Agroforestry Centre. 2009. http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Chukrasia_tabularis.PDF. 
  5. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Chukrasia The Plant List
  6. ↑ Website of province (Thai)
  7. ↑ Asolkar, L.V.; Kakkar, K.K.; Chakre, O.J. (1992). Second Supplement to Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants with active principles. Part-1 (A-K). 
  8. ↑ Rastogi, Ram P.; Mehrotra, B.N. (1993). Compendium of Indian Medicinal Plants. 2. New Delhi, India: Lucknow and Publications & Information Directorate. 
  9. ↑ "Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka: Plants Details". http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=818&s=Family_name. 
  10. ↑ "Chukrasia tabularis - Chikrasi". http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chikrasi.html. 

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