Dysoxylum gotadhora

Dysoxylum gotadhora is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It is native to Bhutan, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam. The name Dysoxylum ficiforme (Wight) Gamble in India and Sri Lanka is categorized as the same plant.[2]

Dysoxylum gotadhora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Dysoxylum
Species:
D. gotadhora
Binomial name
Dysoxylum gotadhora
(Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Alliaria golodhara Kuntze
  • Amoora ficiformis Wight
  • Dysoxylum binectariferum (Roxb.) Hook.f. ex Bedd.
  • Dysoxylum binectariferum var. coriaceum C.DC.
  • Dysoxylum binectariferum var. punctulatum C.DC.
  • Dysoxylum binectariferum var. pyyriforme Thwaites ex Trimen
  • Dysoxylum binectarifolium C.DC.
  • Dysoxylum ficiforme (Wight) Gamble
  • Dysoxylum grandifolium H.L.Li [Illegitimate]
  • Dysoxylum reticulatum King
  • Epicharis gotadhora M.Roem.
  • Guarea amaris Buch.-Ham.
  • Guarea binectarifera Roxb.
  • Guarea gotadhora Buch.-Ham.

Description

The tree grows up to 20 metres (70 ft) tall.[3] Hartwood is reddish color.[4] Leaves are Leaves compound, imparipinnate; apex acuminate; base asymmetric-attenuate with entire margin.[5] Flowers are white colored and show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a four-seeded obovoid capsule, becomes red when ripened. Seeds are dark purple with white aril.[6]

References
  1. "Dysoxylum gotadhora (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb". The Plant List. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Dysoxylum_ficiforme
  3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250084152
  4. http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dysoxylum+gotadhora
  5. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/11156
  6. http://www.biotik.org/india/species/d/dysofici/dysofici_en.html
  • Jiang, Kan; Chen, Lu-Lin; Wang, Shu-Fang; Wang, Yi; Li, Ya; Gao, Kun (2015). "Anti-inflammatory Terpenoids from the Leaves and Twigs of Dysoxylum gotadhora". J. Nat. Prod. 78 (5): 1037–44. doi:10.1021/np5010196. PMID 25945867.


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