(Meliaceae) Dysoxylum macrocarpum (Spreng.) Blume ex G.Don
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Field Characters: Tree 15 m tall, dbh 20 cm, bark gray-white, slash greenish-yellowish, sap slight, sticky, leaves pinnate up to 1 ½ m long, fruits large up to 8 cm across, somewhat triangular in cross section, glabrous, 3-loculed.
Locality: Oudomxay, Muang Xay District, Donxay Village, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, about 3 km south of city. GPS reading: 20o 40.017’ N; 102o 00.230’ E.
Habitat: Forest trail on the western mountain slope of the preserve, in a tropical rain forest formation.
Altitude: 741 m asl.
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayveu
Collection number(s): DDS 15410
Collection Date: November 18, 2018
Additional information:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2326931. Plant samples submitted for anticancer testing.Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Plants of the World onlineGBIF | Global Biodiversity Information FacilityFlora & Fauna Web SingaporeUseful Tropical Plants
Useful references:
Bhardwaj N, Gupta P, Tripathi N, et al. New ring-A modified cycloartane triterpenoids from Dysoxylum malabaricum bark: Isolation, structure elucidation and their cytotoxicity. Steroids 2024, 205:109390. DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2024.109390
Najmuldeen IA, Ketuly KA, Hadi AH. Phenolic Compound, Triterpene and Steroids From The Leaves and Bark of Dysoxylum macrocarpum. Science Journal of University of Zakho 2013, vol. 1, No. 1. https://sjuoz.uoz.edu.krd/index.php/sjuoz/article/view/79
Wan Salleh WMNH, Khamis S, Tawang A. Chemical composition of the essential oil of Dysoxylum cauliflorum Hiern (Meliaceae). Nat Volatiles Essent Oils 2021, 8(2): 7-12. DOI: 10.37929/nveo.791338. DOI: 10.37929/nveo.791338 https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1277125