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Micromelum integerrimum

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Micromelum integerrimum

Micromelum integerrimum are several subfamilies in the citrus family, with genus Citrus classified in the Aurantioideae. Micromelum belongs to the other tribe in this subfamily, Clauseneae. It is the only genus of the subtribe Micromelinae, which are known technically as the very remote citroid fruit trees.

Uses

Treat fever and ringworm, Treat dysentery and arthritis.

Parts Used

Leaves, Flower.

Chemical Composition

Phytochemically, many bioactive compounds, including coumarins, polyoxygenated flavonoids, phenylpropanoic acid derivatives, quinolone alkaloids, and also carbazole alkaloids, have been reported as secondary metabolites of the Micromelum spp. including many new compounds. [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Entire-Leaf Lime Berry


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Aromatic Alternately arranged They are usually pinnate, divided into up to 23 leaflets, except for M. diversifolium, which sometimes has undivided leaf blades. The leaflet edges are smooth or toothed.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 5-10 mm green, white, or yellow Outside densely velvet-hairy. Disk is columnar, stigma head-like.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
ellipsoid to obovoid 1-1.5 x 0.6-1.2 cm Crimson red Fruit is of the size of a cherry, turbinate, smooth, when ripe, succulent. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

There are quite a number these plants at this place but all are small (say 10-12 ft high). Literature says Trichilia connaroides grows up to 10 meters. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical forest.

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