Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr.

Salicaceae

Common Names:
Uguressa, Ukkuressa (S)
Karukkai, Katu-kali (T)
Govenor plum (E)
Kuramba (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Fruit, root and gum

Uses in traditional medicine :

Young fruit is taken for internal hemorrhages
Ripe fruit is eaten as a liver tonic
Root powder with kithul juggary is taken as an expectorant
Decoction of the roots is taken for urinary calculi
Gum is used in the treatment of cholera
Fruit is a cholagogue and an astringent, used to treat jaundice and enlarged spleen
Roots are diuretic, relieves fevers accompanied with congestion of liver, used to treat acute laryngitis, bronchitis and pyelitis

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

β-sitosterol and its derivatives, butyrolactone lignan disaccharide: ramontoside, benzene diol: pyrocatechol, coumarins: scoparone and aesculetin from plant; phenolic glucosides and their esters: flacourticin, flacourtin and flacourside from fruit juice and plant

Bioactivity :

Aqueous and alcoholic extract of leaves: hepatoprotective, antiplasmodial, antioxidative, antibacterial

Clinical:

Note :

Fruits are edible

References :

Amarasinghe, N. R. et al., (2007), Flacourside, a new 4-oxo-2- cyclopentenylmethyl glucoside from the fruit juice of Flacourtia indica, Food Chemistry, 102, 95-97.

Bhaumik, P. K. et al., (1987), (−)Flacourtin, a phenolic glucoside ester from flacourtia indica, Phytochemistry, 26(11), 3090-3091.

Gnanaprakash, K. et al., (2010), Aqueous Extract of Flacourtia indica Prevents Carbon Tetrachloride Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rat, Interna- tional Journal of Biological and Life Sciences, 6(1), 51-55.

Hajra, S. et al., (2011), Assessment of antimicrobial activity of Cassia fistula and Flacoartia indica leaves, Journal of Pharmacy Research, 4(7), 2432-2435.

Kaou, A. M. et al., (2010), Antimalarial compounds from the aerial parts of Flacourtia indica (Flacourtiaceae), J Ethnopharmacol, 130(2), 272-4.

Madan, S. et al., (2009), Phenolic glucosides from Flacourtia indica, Nat Prod Commun, 4(3), 381-4.

Nazneen, M. et al., (2009), Protective effects of Flacourtia indica aerial parts extracts against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxiciy in rats, Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2,1-6.

Sashidhara, K. V. et al., (2013), Isolation and identification of β-hematin inhibitors from Flacourtia indica as promising antiplasmodial agents, Eur J Med Chem, 60, 497-502.

Tyagi, S. N. et al., (2010), In vitro Antioxidant Activity of Methanolic and Aqueous Extract of Flacourtia indica Merr, American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research, 5(3), 201-206.

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