Choerospondias

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Nepali hog plum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Choerospondias
B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill (1937)
Species:
C. axillaris
Binomial name
Choerospondias axillaris
(Roxb.) B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill (1937)
Varieties [1]
  • Choerospondias axillaris var. axillaris
  • Choerospondias axillaris var. japonica(Ohwi) Ohwi
  • Choerospondias axillaris var. pubinervis(Rehder & E.H.Wilson) B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill
Synonyms [1]
  • Poupartia axillaris(Roxb.) King & Prain (1901)
  • Spondias axillarisRoxb. (1832)

Choerospondias axillaris, known in English as the Nepali hog plum, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Choerospondias. It is native to the Himalayas, Indochina, southern and north-central China, Taiwan, and Japan. [1] It is a common fruit in Nepal and Bhutan, called lapsi and aamli[ citation needed ] in the Nepali-speaking community.

Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy. The tree has long been cultivated for its fruit. [2] The fruit is nutritious and has a price comparable to the mandarin orange on the Nepalese market. [2]

This is a deciduous tree growing up to 20 meters tall. The smaller branches are purple-brown in color. The compound leaves are up to 40 cm (16 in) long and divided into 3 to 6 papery oval leaflets each up to 12 cm × 4.5 cm (4.7 in × 1.8 in). [3] The tree is dioecious, with male and female trees producing different types of inflorescence. [2] Male flowers occur in long clusters and have curving, brown-veined petals about 3 millimeters long. Female flowers are solitary in leaf axils at the tips of branches. They are larger than the male flowers and yield the edible drupe. The fallen fruits are consumed and dispersed by sambar and barking deer. [4] [5] The fruit is also used in religious ceremonies as an offering. [6]

Besides fruit, the tree yields valuable wood and hard seeds which are burned for fuel, and has parts used medicinally in Vietnam. [2]

Catechin-7-O-glucoside can be found in the stem barks of C. axillaris. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Poudel, K. C. (2003). "Domestication of Lapsi Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) B.L. Burtt & A.W. Hill for fruit production in the middle mountain agroforestry systems of Nepal". Himalayan Journal of Sciences. 1 (1): 55–58. doi: 10.3126/hjs.v1i1.188 .
  3. Tianlu Min; Anders Barfod. "Choerospondias axillaris". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. Brodie JF; OE Helmy; WY Brockelman; JL Maron (2009). "Functional differences within a guild of tropical mammalian frugivores" (PDF). Ecology. 90 (3): 688–698. doi:10.1890/08-0111.1. PMID   19341139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
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  6. Gautam, Krishna H. (2004). "Food, spices, crafts and resins of Asia: Lapsi, fruit snacks". Center for International Forestry Research.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Flavanoidal constituents of Choerospondias axillaries and their in vitro antitumor and anti-hypoxia activities. Li Chang-wei, Cui Cheng-bin, Cai Bing, Han Bing, Li Ming-ming and Fan Ming, Chinese Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 19 (1), pages 48-51,64 (abstract Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine )

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