Manilkara kauki

Manilkara kauki

Manilkara kauki is a plant in the subfamily Sapotoideae, and the tribe Sapoteae of the family Sapotaceae; and is the type species for the genus Manilkara. It occurs in tropical Asia from Indo-China to Malesia; and also in northern Queensland in Australia.

Uses

Anemia disease.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves

Chemical Composition

Leaves were macerated with ethanol (96% v/v), and dried crude ethanolic extract was sequentially washed with the organic solvents in order to obtain an ethyl acetate fraction. Substances from this fraction were identified by different techniques, such as negative-ion electrospray ionization Fourier and 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Fresh leaves from M. subsericea were also submitted to hydrodistillation in order to obtain volatile substances, which were identified by gas chromatograph coupled to mass spectrometer.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Khirni, Palai, Talawrinta

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	alternate	Leaf blades about 6.5-12.5 x 4-6 cm, petioles about 1-3 cm long, grooved on the upper surface. Petioles and twigs produce a milky exudate when cut or broken. Lateral veins about 10-12 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing just inside the blade margin +/- forming an intramarginal vein

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	10-20 mm long	White		Sepals about 3-4 x 2.5-3 mm, outer surface clothed in short brown hairs. Corolla united at the base but with six distinct lobes at the apex. Lobes about 1.5-2 x 0.5-1 mm each with two appendages of similar size and shape to the corolla lobes.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit		Fruits about 25 x 23 mm, calyx persistent at the base. Seeds about 20 x 19 mm. Testa shiny, thick and hard with a conspicuous hilum extending about 3/4 of the way along the edge of the seed.	Mature Fruit Colour is Crimson red		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Grows into a large though often short-boled tree.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest, Coastal forests.

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