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Dalbergia lanceolaria

Dalbergia lanceolaria

Common Names
  • in India:
belaga, belga, bettada hasirugoni, bettahasarugoni, bettasoni, bileebeete, bili beete, bithua, bitwa, bol-mara, chapot-siris, cuvatakatti, cuvtakattimaram, dandoshi, dandosi, dandous, dandus, dandusa, dhamasi, dodilo, eeti, erigai, erigei, erra-pachchari, errapaccari, errapachchari, errapachhaari, errapattsari, ettapachari, gengri, gonimara, goraksa, goraksha, harrani, hasarganni, hasaru ganni, hasarugoni, hasirugaani, hasiruganni, hasirugoni, hasirusoni, hassarganni, hassurganni, illari, irulvitu, itti, iyavuncam, kaanaga, kaanagina mara, kala, kalvellangu, kalvellanku, kanaaga, kanaga, kanagina, kanagina mara, kanrahi, kanrehi, kapotavanka, karuntolviral, karuntuvarai, karuppumaram, kattuppaccilai, kattuppachalai, kaurchi, kiachalom, kilalayam, kilalayamaram, kiruttinavakatti, kiruttinavakattimaram, kondapaccari, kondapachaari, kondapachari, lipsi, loiad, manjabiti, manjalabite, manjaviti, manjula beete, mannavitti, maruvakatti, mokavirutcam, mukkotalamaram, mukkotanam, nagalla-patchari, nagallapatchari, nagannapatsari, nagulapachari, nagulipachari, nakuttam, nal-valanga, nalvalngee, nalvellancu, nalvellange, nalvellangu, nalvellanku, nalvilancu, nanantam, nattunukku, neang leang, nukkam, nukkamaram, nukku, paccari, pachari, parekha, pasaraganni, pasarganni, pasaruganaru, passi, patchalai, patsari, patsaru, peddapaccari, peddapachari, peddasapara, peddasopara, peddasophora, potupaccari, potupachaari, pulari, punku, punnu, sirsa, sirsi, takoli, tellairidi, tellavirugudu, thellayarugundu, tuvaraiccepitam, veeti, velaruvai, vellaari, vellancu, vellari, vellaveetti, velleeti, vellitti, yellari, yerra,
  • in Myanmar: thitpagan
  • in Tibet: lcam pa

Scientific Names (synonyms)
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria L.f.
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria auct. non L.f.
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria Hemsl.
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria Litv
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria Nav. & Ferdinand
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria Moon
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria var. assamica (Benth.) Thoth.
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. lanceolaria
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria var. maymyensis (W. G. Craib) Thoth.
  • Dalbergia lanceolaria subsp. paniculata (Roxb.) Thoth.

Floral Description
According to flora of Pakistan
  • Large tree with smooth bark, branches glabrous.
  • Leaf c. 7.0-15.0 cm long; leaflets 11-17, c. 2.5-5.0 cm long, ovate or obovate or elliptic, often emarginate, glabrous, glaucous.
  • Inflorescence large axillary or terminal panicles flowers unilaterally arranged.
  • Calyx silky pubescent, upper teeth obtuse, lower 3 longer and acute.
  • Corolla dull white or pinkish.
  • Vexillum c. 5-10 mm long.
  • Stamens 10, in 2 groups of 5 stamens each. Fruit c. 5-8 cm long, narrowed at both ends, glabrous, usually 1-seeded

Pharmacological Activities
  • Bark antiinflammatory, antidiarrheal, analgesic, central and peripheral analgesic Activity.
  • Mitragyna parvifolia bark extract with extract of barks of Dalbergia lanceolaria, Ougeinia oojeinensis and Pterocarpus marsupium given for menorrhagia.
  • Bark extract of Woodfordia fruticosa along with extract of barks of Oroxylum indicum, Mangifera indica, Bauhinia racemosa and Dalbergia lanceolaria given for jaundice
  • Bark of Oroxylum indicum along with barks of Pterocarpus marsupium, Bridelia retusa, Dalbergia lanceolaria and Albizia lebbeck crushed with water and the extract given for jaundice.
  • Bark of Dalbergia lanceolaria along with prop roots of Ficus benghalensis and bark of Oroxylum indicum crushed with water and the extract given for jaundice.
  • bark of Dalbergia lanceolaria along with barks of Oroxylum indicum, Albizia lebbeck and Pterocarpus marsupium crushed with water and the extract given for jaundice.

Chemicals
  1. Biochanin A
  2. Formononetin
  3. Dalpanol
  4. Biochanin A 7-O-apiosyl-(1->6)-glucoside

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