Buchanania axillaris, the Cuddapah almond or Buchanan's mango,[1] (മലയാളം: കുളമാവ്) is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae.[2] The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka. [2]
| Buchanania axillaris | |
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| Buchanania axillaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Genus: | Buchanania |
| Species: | B. axillaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy
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Description
editA medium sized tree, hairless, branches stout, bark rough, deeply fissured. Leaves are linear-oblong, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or narrow at base, entire at margin, blunt, rounded or notched at tip, 7.5–15 x 3–5 cm, smooth, netveined, lateral nerves 12–15 pairs. Leaf-stalks are 1.75 -3 cm long, slender. Flowers are 3–6 mm across, in axillary and terminal hairless branched panicles, white. Sepals are 5, semicircular, about 1 mm long. Petals are 5, oblong or ovate, about 2.5 mm long. Stamens are 10, anthers oblong, ovary hairy. Fruit is obliquely globose, about 1.25 cm, slightly compressed.[1]
Phenology
editFlowering and fruiting: March–July.[3]
Uses
editThe kernel of the seeds are edible. The seeds contain 19% proteins, 59.1% fat, 3.8% fibres, 12.1% carbohydrates and minerals at the value of 3 grams per 100 grams and the calorific value of the seeds are 656 K kal/100 g.[4] The seed kernel and bark is used in the form of decoction to treat intrinsic haemorrhage, diarrhoea with blood and as tonic. Seed kernels were made into a powder and used with milk as an aphrodisiac, powder of the bark mixed with honey is useful in dysentery with blood.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Buchanania axillaris – Cuddapah Almond".
- ^ a b "Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
- ^ "Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) T.P. Ramamoorthy – Conservation Status". indiabiodiversity.org.
- ^ "Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) T.P. Ramamoorthy | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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