Family Sapotaceae.
Habitat A large tree, cultivated mainly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar.
English Mahua tree, Moha.
Ayurvedic Madhuuka, Madhupushpa, Madhusrav, Gudapushpa.
Mahuaa.
392 Madhuca longifolia (Koen.) Macb.
Unani Mahuaa.
Siddha/Tamil Ieluppai.
Action Flowers—stimulant,
demulcent, laxative, anthelmintic, bechic. Seed oil—galactogenic, anticephalgic, emetic. Used in pneumonia, skin diseases, piles. Bark—astringent, emollient. Used for tonsiitis, gum troubles, diabetes, ulcers. Bark, seed oil and gum— antirheumatic.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the flower without stalk or calyx in asthma and pthisis.
The fruit pulp yielded a number
3of triterpenoids (including alpha- and beta-amyrin acetate); also n-hexacosanol, beta-D-glucoside of beta-sitosterol and free sitosterol.
Nut shell gave beta-sitosterol glucoside, quercetin and dihydroquercetin.
The carollas are rich source of sugars, vitamins, phosphorus, calcium and iron; magnesium and copper are also present. The sugars identified are sucrose, maltose, glucose, fructose, arabinose and rhamnose.
The seeds yielded saponins—2,3- di-O-glucopyranoside of bassic acid (saponin A and saponin B). Mixture of saponins from seeds exhibits spermicidal activity.
Trunk bark contained lupeol acetate, beta- amyrin acetate, aipha-spinasterol, erythrodiol monocaprylate, betulinic acid and oleanolic acid caprylates.
Dosage Flower—10—15 g (API, Vol. II.); flower-juice—10—20 mI; bark— 50—100 ml decoction. (CCRAS.)
Madhuca longifolia
(Koen.) Macb.
Synonym Bassia longifolia Koenig. Family Sapotaceae.
Habitat Cultivated in Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Andhara Pradesh, Karnataka, Bengal and Maharastra.
English South Indian Mahua.
