Crateva magna

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Crateva magna
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Capparaceae
Genus: Crateva
Species:
C. magna
Binomial name
Crateva magna
Synonyms [1]
  • Capparis magnaLour.
  • Crateva lophospermaKurz
  • Crateva nurvalaBuch.-Ham.
  • Crateva religiosa var. nurvula(Buch.-Ham.) Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Triclanthera corymbosaRaf.

Crateva magna is a species of flowering plant in the family Capparaceae . [1] [2]

Contents

It is a small wild or cultivated tree native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. [1] [3] It is often found along streams, [4] and also in dry, deep boulder formations in Sub-Himalayan tracts.

Crateva nurvala is now generally considered to be a synonym of this species. [5]

Uses

Medicinal uses

The dried bark is used as a raw drug in traditional systems of medicine in India, such as Ayurveda, siddha etc. A decoction of the bark is internally administered to cure diseases like renal calculi, dysuria, helminthiasis, inflammations and abscesses. The decoction has carminative, laxative, thermogenic, diuretic, lithontriptic, expectorant and demulcent actions. [6] The leaf and stem bark have been evaluated for their antioxidant activity and the inhibition of key enzymes relevant to hyperglycemia. [7]

Parts used

The dried bark and leaves are used for medicinal purposes. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Crateva magna (Lour.) DC". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  2. "Crateva magna (Lour.) DC". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  3. Mingli Zhang and Gordon C. Tucker (2008), "Crateva magna (Loureiro) Candolle, Prodr. 1: 243. 1824", Flora of China Online, vol. 7
  4. Nalini, MS; Mahesh, B; Tejesvi, MV; Prakash, HS; Subbaiah, V; Kini, KR; Shetty, HS (2005). "Fungal endophytes from the three-leaved caper, Crataeva magna (Lour.) DC. (Capparidaceae)". Mycopathologia. 159 (2): 245–9. doi:10.1007/s11046-004-5497-y. PMID   15770450. S2CID   8488022.
  5. "Images and Information of Crataeva magna". Indian Medicinal Plants Database. Institute for Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine.
  6. Bhattacharjee, Atanu; Shashidhara, Shastry Chakrakodi; Aswathanarayana (2012). "Phytochemical and ethno-pharmacological profile of Crataeva nurvala Buch-Hum (Varuna): A review". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 2 (2): S1162–8. doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60379-7.
  7. Loganayaki, Nataraj; Manian, Sellamuthu (2012). "Evaluation of Indian sacred tree Crataeva magna (Lour.) DC. For antioxidant activity and inhibition of key enzymes relevant to hyperglycemia". Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 113 (3): 378–80. doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.10.020. PMID   22196938.
  8. http://www.tkdl.res.in/tkdl/langdefault/common/Home.asp?GL=Eng%5B%5D Archived July 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine