Medicinal plant details
Ailanthus triphysus(Dennst.) Alston
(Aralu)
| Common name | Aralu |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Margin of evergreen to semi-evergreen forests; often cultivated |
| Parts used | Stem bark |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pongelion fauvelianum (Pierre ex Laness.) Pierre |
| 2 | Pongelion imberbiflorum (F.Muell.) Pierre |
| 3 | Pongelion malabaricum Pierre |
| 4 | Ailanthus imberbiflora F.Muell. |
| 5 | Ailanthus kurzii Prain |
| 6 | Ailanthus philippinensis Merr. |
| 7 | Hebonga mollis Radlk. |
| 8 | Hebonga obliqua Radlk. |
| 9 | Hebonga siamensis Radlk. |
| 10 | Adenanthera triphysa Dennst. |
| 11 | Ailanthus malabaricus DC. |
| 12 | Ailanthus imberbiflora var. macartneyi F.M.Bailey |
| 13 | Ailanthus fauveliana Pierre ex Laness. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sapindales |
| Family | Simaroubaceae |
| Genus | Ailanthus |
| Species | Ailanthus triphysus (Dennst.) Alston |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Maharukh |
| Hindi | |
| Kannada | Gugguldhoopa |
| Marathi | |
| Malayalam | Matti, Pongallyam |
| Bengali | |
| Tamil | Mattipal |
| Telugu | |
| Urdu |
Morphology
Lofty deciduous tree grows up to 30 m high, bark grey , smooth and lenticellate. Leaves are alternate, paripinnate and crowded at the apex of branches, leaflets 13-19, alternate or subopposite, oblong-lanceolate, entire, unequal sided, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous. Flowers are yellowish-white in lax axillary panicles upto 50 cm long. Samaras are reddish brown, linear-oblong, rounded at both the ends
Distribution
It is found in Peninsular India, Srilanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, China and Australia
Medicinal uses
Dysentry and Bronchitis
References
| 1 | Nair, K. K. N. (2000). Manual of non-wood forest produce plants of Kerala. |