English: Indian mahogany.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced to many western countries such as Cameroon, Costa Rica, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Africa, United States.
Content: quercetin and its 3-galactoside; galloyl glucoside, tannic acid; a flavone; sitosterol, melianone, scopoletin, 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin, tetranorterpenes and tabularin; bussein homologue, chukrasins A, B, C, D and F; triterpene, cedrelone; tetranorterpenes, phragmalin esters, 12 α-OAc-phyramalin; meliacin esters 3,30-diisobutyrates; 3-isobutyrate-30-propionates of phragmalin; 12-acetoxyphragmalin; oxygenated monoterpenes, carvacrol, thymol and borneol; phenyl propanoids, (E)-methyl isoeugenol, myristicin, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, monoterpene hydrocarbons; oxygenated sesquiterpenes.
Use:idely used in Ayurveda as an important medicinal plant.
Use: in Ayurveda as an important medicinal plant.
BotanyDeciduous tree; tall.
Stem: cylindrical, spreading crown.
Leaves: abruptly pinnate or bipinnate; leaflets alternate or subopposite, entire and unequal at the base.
Inflorescence: terminal panicles
Flowers: erect, oblong; rather large; four to five petals.
Fruits: septifragally three to five valved capsule.
Culture: provincial flower and tree of Phrae Province, Thailand.