Leaves are eaten as a cooked salad
(maellung), often mixed with pani-thora leaves, mukunuvaenna leaves etc. It is
claimed to reduce arthritis, constipation, kidney function etc.
Pisionia grandis, Ceodes
umbraculifera [sensu GW], (grand
devil's-claws)
Bougainvillea family
Tree with pale bark to 20m.
The LEAVES: opposite sometimes alternate, simple, wide-oval, to 30x15cm, topside without hairs; stalk short to 3cm.
FLOWERS: unisexual on same tree or different, in terminal clusters;
MALE tube green, slightly flaring; petals (=lobes) small, spreading, cream; stamens 5-6 slightly protruding;
FEMALE tube green ovoid, 5 rows of black glands; lobes tapering, not spreading; stigma protruding.
FRUIT (=anthocarp) cylindrical, ripening brown with 5 spiny ribs, sticky, to 2cm long. (courtesy: Cook-Island biodiversity site)
Chemical examination of Pisonia grandis (Leehai Kottai, Keerai)afforded actacosanol, B-sitossterol, a-spinosterol, B-sitosterol glucoside, dulcitol and quercetin.
Bougainvillea family
Tree with pale bark to 20m.
The LEAVES: opposite sometimes alternate, simple, wide-oval, to 30x15cm, topside without hairs; stalk short to 3cm.
FLOWERS: unisexual on same tree or different, in terminal clusters;
MALE tube green, slightly flaring; petals (=lobes) small, spreading, cream; stamens 5-6 slightly protruding;
FEMALE tube green ovoid, 5 rows of black glands; lobes tapering, not spreading; stigma protruding.
FRUIT (=anthocarp) cylindrical, ripening brown with 5 spiny ribs, sticky, to 2cm long. (courtesy: Cook-Island biodiversity site)
Chemical examination of Pisonia grandis (Leehai Kottai, Keerai)afforded actacosanol, B-sitossterol, a-spinosterol, B-sitosterol glucoside, dulcitol and quercetin.
No comments:
Post a Comment