This page was last edited on 20 december 2019, at 12. It is also popular as firewood in part because of how slow it is to burn. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Gmelina is a genus of plants in the family lamiaceae. It is a fast growing tree, which though grows on different localities. Gmelina herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria.
It is commonly known as kashmarya and one of the herbs mentioned in all ancient scriptures of ayurveda. Gmelina arborea is also listed as a high priority weed in aboriginal lands in the northern land council area, and is of particular concern in maningrida, in arnhem land. Pdf gmelina arborea a viable species for smallholder. Stand structure development effects on wood quality of. Offer editing of scientific articles and research grant proposals. Verbenaceae has been used traditionally in sri lanka as a remedy against diabetes mellitus. Pdf scaling up an indigenous tree gmelina arborea based. The study aimed to evaluate the antiangiogenic property of gmelina arborea fruit exocarp ethanolic extract gfeee by conducting the duck chorioallantoic membrane cam assay. A deciduous asian tree in the mint family, having large leaves, brownishyellow flowers, and yellow fruit, and widely grown for timber and pulp. This tree can be propagated by seedlings, rooted cuttings, and grafting. Gmelina arborea is the scientific name of a deciduous tree also commonly known as either beechwood or white teak. Abstract the effects of weekly foliar application of extracts of gmelina arborea l. Tree based land use systems make a valuable contribution to sequester carbon and improve productivity and nutrient cycling within the systems.
When the forest species are established, the wood of gmelina arborea can then be harvested. Moringa oleifera parts collected were dried, pounded into powder and aqueous extracts were prepared by boiling at. When knots are present in the wood, cutting angles should be reduced. Gmelina arborea in the mint family, having large leaves, brownishyellow. The plantations species were gmelina arborea gmelina established in 1988. Kashmarya, dashamula, gambhari, gmelina arborea roxb, verbenaceae. The objective of the present study was to evaluate antidiabetic mechanisms of the aqueous bark extract of g. K mody government pharmacy college, rajkot, gujarat, india 2sri b. Toxicological studies on aqueous extract of gmelina arborea in. Gmelina arborea gmelina is easy to cultivate and grow at the smallholder level. Gmelina species gmelina arborea name homonyms gmelina arborea roxb.
Gamhar is a southeast asian tree that produces highquality wood, which is used to make furniture and musical instruments, such as indian sitars and drums. Gmelina definition of gmelina by the free dictionary. Variation in the wood anatomical structure of gmelina arborea verbenaceae trees at different ecological conditions in costa rica. Gmelina arborea roxb is one of the important medicinal plants most widely propagated and cultivated.
Pdf across indonesia there are millions of hectares of degraded land in need of. Studies on insecticidal potential of extracts of gmelina arborea l. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in gmelina. Learn about its medicinal uses, botanical details and scientific classification. Trees of bangalore ra gmelina arborea white kashmir teak tree gamhar. It has been widely grown in plantations in south and southeast asia, including. Hortus bengalensis, or a catalogue of the plants growing in the hounourable east india companys botanicl garden at calcutta. Gambhari is a fastgrowing tree of teak family and it is medium sized and about 40 to 60 feet 20 meters long. Gambhari gmelina arborea information, medicinal uses and. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Its root, fruit, bark and leaves are being used in medicine 7,8. Adoekiti is in the humid zone of west africa hzwa, with a tropical climate and a bimodal rainfall distribution. The carbon was used to remove methyl violet from the aqueous phase by batch adsorption. Gmelina arborea death disease in fastgrowth plantations.
Gmelina, melina, gamar, gamari gmelina arborea panatrees. College badneraamravati, maharashtra india address for correspondence email. Names of gmelina in various languages of the world are also given. Gmelina arborea bark biomass is an agricultural waste from the timber industry. It grows up very well in red sandy loam soil with the ph of 58 and a high soil depth. Gmelina arborea is a multipurpose tree species native to asia. Gmelina arborea, in english beechwood, gmelina, goomar teak, kashmir tree, malay beechwood, white teak, yemane, locally known as gamhar, is a fastgrowing deciduous tree, occurring naturally throughout greater part of india at altitudes up to 1,500 meters. There are no meticulous scientific reports on effect of the plant on inflammation and pain. This study was conducted to determine biomass production, csequestration and nitrogen allocation in gmelina arborea planted as sole and agrisilviculture system on abandoned agricultural land. Visual identification, physical properties, ash composition and water diffusion of wetwood in gmelina arborea. A summary of results from three decades of research and a discussion of how to use them. A stem analysis was perform to examines the effects of thinning treatments on melina gmelina arborea wood quality and tree architecture in the north coast of colombia.
Splitplot experimental design, stepwise regression and anova were developed to analyze the data. Shah college of pharmacy, modasa, gujarat, india daya. Green fruits drupe with aborted flowers of cordate leaf blade of gmelina arborea growing. Gmelina arborea has been used in revegetation programs, as it grows quickly and provides shade for forest species to germinate under. Biomass production and csequestration of gmelina arborea. Complete list of references for duke, handbook of energy crops. Details about these propagation methods are presented. Gmelina arborea is well adaptable to a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. It is used in constructions, furniture, carriages, sports, musical instruments. Effect of gmelina arborea roxb in experimentally induced. Verbenaceae ingole shubhangi n department of botany, bar.
It is a beautiful fast growing avenue tree that grows. Gmelina arborea leaf meal at different inclusion levels in wad sheep. Gmelina arborea paper tree, white teak, candahar, yamane philippines, jati puti indonesia family verbenaceae. To study the effects of aqueous extract of gmelina arborea bark on normoglycemic levels and. Gmelina annamensis gmelina arborea gmelina asiatica gmelina attenuata gmelina balansae gmelina brassii gmelina chinensis gmelina coromandelina gmelina dalrympleana gmelina delavayana gmelina elliptica gmelina evoluta gmelina fasciculiflora gmelina finlaysoniana gmelina glandulosa gmelina hainanensis gmelina hystrix gmelina. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. The plant is used in treatment of diabetes 912, objective. Antitermitic effect of moringa oleifera extracts compared with chlorpyriphos on gmelina arborea and ceiba pentandra wood was assessed. The tree was named after a german botanist named johann georg gmelin, who first described the species, gmelina arborea.
It was named by carl linnaeus in honour of botanist johann georg gmelin. Verbenaceae is valuable in sri lankan traditional medicine and a decoction of the bark of g. Small tree planting programs with limited budgets tend to propagate by seedlings, and larger or industrial plantation projects with breeding programs propagate by rooted cuttings. Gmelina arborea is native from pakistan south to sri lanka and east to myanmar, thailand, vietnam.
Verbenaceae is an important medicinal plant in the traditional system of medicine of india. Effects of gmelina arborea extract on experimentally. It also occurs naturally in myanmar, thailand, laos, cambodia, vietnam, and in southern provinces of china, and has been planted extensively in sierra leone, nigeria, malaysia, and on. White teak gmelina arborea is regarded as an environmental weed in the northern territory and as a potential environmental weed in queensland. In vitro propagation technique of gmelina arborea multipurpose and a fast growing tree species was. It has been grown as an ornamental and shade tree, and occasionally also in forestry plantations. Pdf gmelina arborea a viable species for smallholder tree. It can grow from 3 30 metres tall, sometimes even taller. Study of floral epidermal features in gmelina arborea roxb. How gmelina is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Germplasm resources information network grin online database.
It consists of about 35 species in australia, new guinea, new caledonia, southeast asia, india and a few in africa. Gambhari gmelina arborea information, medicinal uses and more gambhari is a medicinal tree mentioned in all classical texts of ayurveda. Gmelina arborea roxb is one of the important medicinal plants most widely propagated and cultivated species of the family verbenaceae. Gmelina arborea, locally known as gamhar, is a fastgrowing deciduous tree, occurring naturally throughout greater part of india at altitudes up to 1,500 meters. Gmelina arborea an important herbal and timber tree youtube. The straight, cylindrical bole is commonly around 50cm in diameter, but specimens up to 140cm have been recorded. The biomass was used to produce chemicallyactivated carbon.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Abstract gmelina arborea roxb is a major income earner for the government and people of cross river state, nigeria. In spite of the vast economic potential of this plant in nigeria, very little pathological research had been done on diseases afflicting this valuable species. A comparison of the fuelwood value of gmelina arborea and eucalyptus spp. Gmelina arborea and gliricidia sepium on soil physicochemical properties in abakaliki, southeast, nigeria. Nailing is fairly easy, but preboring is recommended for screwing. Phytochemical analysis and antiangiogenic potential of. It is native to india and parts of southeast asia, and its dense, thick wood is used to make furniture, boats, and musical instruments.
Materials and methods site location the experiment was conducted at the small ruminant unit of the teaching and research farm, ekiti state university, adoekiti. The various concentrations of gmelina ethanolic extracts and the controls were applied on the tenth day of incubation. It is a hardy plant and can be grown in both tropical and subtropical conditions. Gmelina is a fastgrowing, unarmed, moderately sized to large deciduous tree with a wide spreading canopy with numerous branches forming a large shady crown. It is a moderately deciduous tree with straight trunk and numerous spreading branches, which form large shady crown with whitish grey corky lenticellate bark, exfoliating in thin flakes. Gambhari gmelina arborea uses, properties, benefits.
The wood is very high class and suitable for furniture,having fine whitish colour and fine grain. Gmelina arborea roxb verbenaceae, also known as gambhari, is an important medicinal plant in the ayurveda. Easy to work gamari timber saws easily and has only slight blunting effects on tools. In the area around dominical, many property owners from ojochal to matapalo leased their land to ston forestal, who promptly planted gmelina trees on terrain that had formerly been used for pasture and agriculture. Photos of flowers, leaves, fruit, and seeds from east timor.