Artocarpus nobilis
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The Ceylon breadfruit, (Artocarpus nobilis), is a tree species in the family Moraceae. It is endemic to south western regions of Sri Lanka. It is known as "Wal dhel - වල් දෙල්" , "Baedi dhel - බැදි දෙල්" or as "Hingala dhel - හිංගල දෙල්"[2] by local people.
The plant is known to infect by Rigidoporus microporus to cause White root disease. This is the first time that the pathogen was found instead of Hevea brasiliensis.[3]
Description
Ceylon breadfruit is an evergreen plant with about 25m height. The seeds and fruits are used for medicinal purposes for the worm diseases caused by nematode Ascaris lumbricoides.[4]
Chemistry
A. nobilis contains prenylated flavonoids, xanthonoids in its root bark,[5] geranylated phenolic compounds in its fruits,[6] geranyl chalcones in its leaves[7] and pyranodihydrobenzoxanthones isolated from the bark.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2654041
- ^ http://biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com/2012/06/wal-delbedi-delhingala-del-artocarpus.html
- ^ http://jnsfsl.sljol.info/articles/abstract/10.4038/jnsfsr.v42i2.6998/
- ^ http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=854&s=Family_name
- ^ Four new prenylated flavonoids and xanthones from the root bark of Artocarpus nobilis. Jayasinghe U.L B., Samarakoon T.B., Kumarihamy B.M.M., Hara N. and Fujimoto Y, Fitoterapia, 2008, volume 79, no 1, pages 37-41, INIST 19972501
- ^ Geranylated phenolic constituents from the fruits of Artocarpus nobilis. Jayasinghe L, Kalinga Rupasinghe G, Hara N and Fujimoto Y, Phytochemistry, 2006, volume 67, no 13, pages 1353-1358, INIST 18043180
- ^ Geranyl chalcone derivatives with antifungal and radical scavenging properties from the leaves of Artocarpus nobilis. Jayasinghea L., Balasooriyaa B.A.I.S, Chintha Padminia W., Hara N and Fujimoto Y, Phytochemistry, May 2004, Volume 65, Issue 9, Pages 1287-1290
- ^ Two pyranodihydrobenzoxanthones from Artocarpus nobilis. M. Uvaisa, S. Sultanbawaa and Sivagnanasundram Surendrakumar, Phytochemistry, Volume 28, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 599-605
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998.
Artocarpus nobilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
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