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Glycosmis pentaphylla is commonly known as gin berry, Jamaica mandarine orange, orangeberry, village rue. It is widely found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malayan, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. It is cultivated throughout Pakistan and its wood is used for making tools, handles and tent pegs. Glycosmis pentaphylla is small glabrous tree or shrub with 3-5-foliolate leaves. Its leaflets  are glandular-punctate and sessile. Calyx lobes are ovate, with scarious margins. Petals are white, free, orbicular and imbricate. Ovary is 5-locular, glabrous while style is short. It contains Carbalexin A, Carbazole, Glycolone, Glycophylone, Glycophymoline, Glycosminine, Glycosolone, Glycozolidal, Glycozolidine, Glycozoline, Glypentoside A, GlypentosideB, Glypentoside C, Homoglycosolone, Noracronycine and Seguinoside F. Medicinal Properties and Uses Glycosmis pentaphylla is used for cough, rheumatism, anemia and jaundice. Stem bark paste of Glycosm

Gloriosa superba is commonly known as climbing lily, dragon lily, flame lily, gloriosa, gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily and turk’s cap. Ingesting the tubers causes severe poisoning in humans. All parts of this plant, both above and below ground, are extremely poisonous and ingestion could be fatal. The rhizomes are rich in the alkaloid colchicine. This plant is also known as Clinostylis speciosa Hochst. , Eugone superba (L.) Salisb. , Gloriosa abyssinica A.Rich. , Gloriosa angulata Schumach. , Gloriosa caerulea Mill. , Gloriosa carsonii Baker , Gloriosa cirrhifolia Stokes , Gloriosa doniana Schult. & Schult.f. , Gloriosa graminifolia var. heterophylla Chiov. , Gloriosa grandiflora (Hook.) O'Brien , Gloriosa homblei De Wild. , Gloriosa leopoldii (Van Houtte ex Lem.) Van Houtte & Voss , Gloriosa lutea auct. , Gloriosa nepalensis G.Don , Gloriosa plantii (Planch.) Loudon , Gloriosa rockefelleriana Stehlé & M.Stehlé ,

Urena lobata belongs to Kingdom: Plantae, Subkingdom: Tracheobionta, Super division: Spermatophyta, Division: Mangoliophyta, Class: Mangoliopsida, Sub class: Dilleniidae, Order: Malvales, Family: Malvaceae, and Genus: Urena. It shows Antioxidant, antimicrobial, Antibacterial, Immunomodulatory, Antidiabetic/hypolipidemic, Antifertility, Wound healing and Antidiarrheal activities. Roots of Urena lobata contain carbohydrate 33%, protein 1.9%, fat 1.8%, fiber 51.7%, moisture 6.6%, and ash 5%. Preliminary phytochemical analysis of methanol extract of leaves shown presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and tannins. Ethyl acetate portion and n‑butanol portion of a 95% ethanol extract of branches and leaves found ten flavonoid compounds, viz. kaempferol, rutin, quercetin, afzelin, astragalin, tiliroside, kaempferol‑3‑O‑β‑D‑glycopyranoside‑7‑O‑α‑L‑rhamnoside, kaempferol‑7‑O‑α‑L‑rhamnoside, kaempferol‑7‑O‑α‑L‑rhamnoside‑4’‑O‑β‑D‑glycopyranoside, and crenuloside. Raw leaves are r

Ziziphus mauritiana is a major commercial fruit-producing species in India with many cultivars varying in fruiting season and in fruit form, size, color, flavor, and keeping quality. The fruit is rich in vitamin C and is eaten raw, pickled, or used in beverages. The hard, fine wood is used in making furniture; the bark is used medicinally. The leaves contain tannin used for producing tannin extract. This is an important host tree for the parasitic scale insect, Laccifer lacca . Ziziphus mauritiana showed significant effects on antiinflammatory, cytoprotective, antiallergic, antiulcer activity, wound healing, antiobesity, antidiarrhoeal and anti-diabetic activity. The leaves also possess immunostimulant and cardiovascular properties. Ziziphus mauritiana plant contains flavonoids, alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, saponins, resins, polyphenols, mucilage and vitanins. The fruits are good source of vitamin C, sugars and contain various

Ziziphus nummularia  commonly known as Jharber, a member of the family Rhamnaceae, is used traditionally in treatment of cold, mental retardation, in dysentery, diarrhoea, fever, burns and colic. It is also used in ulcers, wound healing, pharyngitis, bronchitis, anaemia, irritability, hysteria and as a nervine tonic. Bark paste used over wounds and cuts. Bark powder applied on jaw for toothache. Bark decoction taken in menstrual disorders. Root extract given to cure fever. Fruits to relieve dysentery. Dry fruits one of the ingredient of gulbanafasa okali, a decoction for cure of the common cold. Leaves poultice to treat boils.  Leaves decoction given in stomatitis and toothache. A recipe for abortion is Mangifera indica stem bark, Syzygium cumini stem bark, taken with Ziziphus nummularia root.  Veterinary medicine, root paste applied locally for yoke galls. The branches are often used for fencing the fields, the leaves are threshed out and used as fodder. Fruit edible. Leaves

Ziziphus oenoplia commonly well known as makai in hindi and Jackal Jujube in english, is a straggling shrub distributed all over the hotter regions of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, and Tropical Asia. The flowers are green, in sub sessile axillary cymes. The fruits are containing a single seed having globose drupe, black and shiny when ripe.  It is frequently used for liver disease, the roots of the plant possess antiulcer and antioxidant, anthelminthi, antiplasmodial, angiogenic potential,  antidenaturation and antibacterial. It has wound healing activity,  hepatoprotective potential against antitubercular drugs induced hepatotoxicity and as an ingredient in the preparation of stomach ache pills.  Z. oenoplia plant is widely used in Ayurveda for the treatment of various diseases, such as ulcer, Stomach ache, obesity, asthma and it has an astringent, digestive, antiseptic, hepatoprotective, wound healing and diuretic property. 

The plants of Ziziphus species are multipurpose plants with great potential for ethnomedicinal use all over the world. Ziziphus rugosa Lamk is a large straggling armed shrub and belongs to the family Rhamnaceae. It is grown widely in the dry deciduous forest of Central Western Ghats. The fruits are commonly known as Mullanu, Kottimullu and Badara and are the known famine, medicinal and edible fruits. Further, the bark of root and stem, leaves and flowers are used in the preparation of herbal formulations.  Ziziphus rugosa Lam. also known as Ziziphus glabra Roxb,  Ziziphus latifolia Roxb and  Ziziphus latifolia Blanco.  This species is an important host for the parasitic scale insect, Laccifer lacca.  It is commonly found in Bangladesh, China and India. Below is a list of common names of Zizipus rugosa:   in Bangladesh: anai, banboroi, jangli boroi in China : zhou zao in India : avicuppam, avucucikacceti,