Xylia xylocarpa
| Xylia xylocarpa | |
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| Xylia xylocarpa trees | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Mimosoideae |
| Tribe: | Mimoseae |
| Genus: | Xylia |
| Species: | X. xylocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylia xylocarpa Roxb. Taub. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mimosa xylocarpa Roxb. | |
Xylia xylocarpa is a species of tree in the Mimosoideae subfamily of the Fabaceae family. This tree is found in South and Southeast Asia.
Description and properties
This perennial tree is known as Pyinkado (Burmese: ပျဉ်းကတိုး) in Burma, Cam xe in Vietnam, Sokram (សុក្រម) in Cambodia and Jamba in Karnataka (India). It has also been planted in certain parts of East Africa. It is very conspicuous in the flowering season owing to its bright yellow flowers.
Xylia xylocarpa produces good timber. Its wood pulp is used for making wrapping paper.
The seeds of this tree are edible.[1] This tree is considered a medicinal plant in India.[2] In Thailand its leaves are used to treat wounds in elephants.[3]
Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. var. kerrii (Craib & Hutch.) is known as daeng (แดง) in the Thai language. This species, naturally adapted to conditions in Thailand, is used in reafforestation at certain denuded or environmentally degraded areas of the country.[4]
References
- ↑ P. Siddhuraju, K. Vijayakumari & K. Janardhanan Nutrient and chemical evaluation of raw seeds of Xylia xylocarpa
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Indian medicinal plants
- ↑ Thai Scouts celebrate 100th anniversary by planting trees
- ↑ Anchalee Sri-ngernyuang, Growth of Seedlings at the Northern 60th Anniversary of Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Muang District, Chiang Mai Archived December 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.(Thai)