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- Description
- Common names[5]
- Chemistry
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{{italic title}}{{Speciesbox |name = Pithraj tree |image = Aphanamixis polystachya.JPG |image_caption = Fruits of Aphanamixis polystachya |status = LR/lc |status_system = IUCN2.3 |status_ref = |genus = Aphanamixis |species = polystachya |authority = (Wall.) R.N. Parker |synonyms = *Aglaia aphanamixis Pellegr. [Illegitimate] - Aglaia beddomei (Kosterm.) S.S.Jain & R.C.Gaur
- Aglaia cochinchinensis (Pierre) Pellegr.
- Aglaia janowskyi Harms
- Aglaia polystachya Wall.
- Amoora amboinensis Miq.
- Amoora beddomei Kosterm.
- Amoora grandifolia Walp.
- Aphanamixis agusanensis Elmer [Invalid]
- Aphanamixis amboinensis (Miq.) Harms
- Aphanamixis apoensis Elmer [Invalid]
- Aphanamixis blumei Span. [Invalid]
- Aphanamixis cochinchinensis Pierre
- Aphanamixis coriacea Merr.
- Aphanamixis cumingiana (C.DC.) Harms
- Aphanamixis davaoensis Elmer [Invalid]
- Aphanamixis elmeri (Merr.) Merr.
- Aphanamixis grandiflora Blume
- Aphanamixis grandifolia Blume
- Aphanamixis lauterbachii Harms
- Aphanamixis macrocalyx Harms
- Aphanamixis myrmecophila (Warb.) Harms
- Aphanamixis obliquifolia Elmer [Invalid]
- Aphanamixis perrottetiana A.Juss.
- Aphanamixis pinatubensis Elmer
- Aphanamixis polillensis (C.B.Rob.) Merr.
- Aphanamixis rohituka (Roxb.) Pierre
- Aphanamixis schlechteri Harms
- Aphanamixis sinensis F.C.How & T.C.Chen
- Aphanamixis timorensis A.Juss.
- Aphanamixis tripetala (Blanco) Merr.
- Aphanamixis velutina Elmer [Invalid]
- Canarium vrieseo-teysmannii H.J.Lam
- Chuniodendron spicatum Hu
- Chuniodendron yunnanense Hu
- Dysoxylum spiciflorum Zipp. ex Miq. [Invalid]
- Trichilia tripetala Blanco
|synonyms_ref = [1] }}Aphanamixis polystachya, the pithraj tree, is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.[2] It is a widely used as a medicinal plant in Ayurveda.[3]DescriptionBengali name of this tree is royna (রয়না). Another name of this tree is pithraj (পিথরাজ). Oil is not edible and can be used as biodiesel and lighting. The very fine wood is used for construction and ship-making.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} The tree is 20m tall. Leaves are compound, imparipinnate, alternate; oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate; base asymmetric; with entire margin. Flowers are polygamours and show panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a single seeded pale-reddish subglobose capsule.[4] Common names[5]- English - rohituka tree
- Hindi - harin-hara (हरिनहर्रा), harinkhana
- Manipuri - হৈৰাঙখোঈ heirangkhoi
- Marathi - raktharohida (रक्तरोहिडा')
- Tamil - malampuluvan, sem, semmaram
- Malayalam - chemmaram, sem
- Manipuri - Heirangkhoi (হৈৰাঙখোঈ)
- Telugu - chevamanu, rohitaka
- Kannada - mukhyamuttage, mullumuttaga, mulluhitthalu, roheethaka
- Bengali - tiktaraj
- Kuki - sahala
- Khasi - dieng rata
- Rongmei - agan
- Assamese - hakhori bakhori
- Sanskrit - anavallabha, ksharayogya, lakshmi, lakshmivana, lohita
- Sinhala - higul [6]
ChemistryFruit shell contains triterpenes, aphanamixin. Bark contains tetranortriterpene, and aphanamixinin. Leaves contain diterpene, alcohol, aphanamixol and ß-sitosterol. Seeds yield a limonoid, rohitukin, polystachin and others, an alkaloid, a glycoside and a saponin. A chromone and three flavonoid glycosides have been reported from the roots.[7] References1. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2643324 | title=Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R.Parker — the Plant List}} 2. ^http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/7585 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tknsiddha.com/medicinal-uses-of-Aphanamixis-Polystachya.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713031201/http://www.tknsiddha.com/medicinal-uses-of-Aphanamixis-Polystachya.html |archivedate=2015-07-13 |df= }} 4. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/aphapoly/aphapoly_en.html | title=Aphanamixis polystachya - MELIACEAE}} 5. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pithraj%20Tree.html | title=Aphanamixis polystachya - Pithraj Tree}} 6. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.srilankaview.com/floraSL.htm | title=Flora of Sri Lanka,Tree,Plant Species,Forests- SriLankaView}} 7. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.mpbd.info/plants/aphanamixis-polystachya.php | title=APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA (Wall.) R.N. Parker}}
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