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. It has been grown as an ornamental and shade tree, and occasionally also in forestry plantations. 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. Study of floral epidermal features in gmelina arborea roxb. Materials and methods site location the experiment was conducted at the small ruminant unit of the teaching and research farm, ekiti state university, adoekiti. A comparison of the fuelwood value of gmelina arborea and eucalyptus spp. 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.
This page was last edited on 20 december 2019, at 12. Gmelina arborea gmelina is easy to cultivate and grow at the smallholder level. 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. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in gmelina. 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. 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 species gmelina arborea name homonyms gmelina arborea roxb. This tree can be propagated by seedlings, rooted cuttings, and grafting. Verbenaceae is an important medicinal plant in the traditional system of medicine of india. Biomass production and csequestration of gmelina arborea. The study aimed to evaluate the antiangiogenic property of gmelina arborea fruit exocarp ethanolic extract gfeee by conducting the duck chorioallantoic membrane cam assay. K mody government pharmacy college, rajkot, gujarat, india 2sri b. Gmelina is a genus of plants in the family lamiaceae.
It is commonly known as kashmarya and one of the herbs mentioned in all ancient scriptures of ayurveda. Visual identification, physical properties, ash composition and water diffusion of wetwood in gmelina arborea. Gmelina arborea paper tree, white teak, candahar, yamane philippines, jati puti indonesia family verbenaceae. Gmelina arborea has been used in revegetation programs, as it grows quickly and provides shade for forest species to germinate under. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Abstract the effects of weekly foliar application of extracts of gmelina arborea l. It has been widely grown in plantations in south and southeast asia, including.
When the forest species are established, the wood of gmelina arborea can then be harvested. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It is a hardy plant and can be grown in both tropical and subtropical conditions. Names of gmelina in various languages of the world are also given. It consists of about 35 species in australia, new guinea, new caledonia, southeast asia, india and a few in africa. 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. Verbenaceae ingole shubhangi n department of botany, bar. The straight, cylindrical bole is commonly around 50cm in diameter, but specimens up to 140cm have been recorded. Splitplot experimental design, stepwise regression and anova were developed to analyze the data. Gmelina arborea an important herbal and timber tree youtube.
Pdf across indonesia there are millions of hectares of degraded land in need of. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Green fruits drupe with aborted flowers of cordate leaf blade of gmelina arborea growing. 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. Gambhari is a fastgrowing tree of teak family and it is medium sized and about 40 to 60 feet 20 meters long. 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.
Gmelina, melina, gamar, gamari gmelina arborea panatrees. Pdf scaling up an indigenous tree gmelina arborea based. 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. It is used in constructions, furniture, carriages, sports, musical instruments.
Gamhar is a beautiful fast growing deciduous tree occurring naturally throughout greater part of india up to 1500 m. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Common names malay bushbeech in english gamar in language. 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. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Its root, fruit, bark and leaves are being used in medicine 7,8.
It is also popular as firewood in part because of how slow it is to burn. Complete list of references for duke, handbook of energy crops. Gmelina arborea roxb is one of the important medicinal plants most widely propagated and cultivated species of the family verbenaceae. Photos of flowers, leaves, fruit, and seeds from east timor. It is a fast growing tree, which though grows on different localities. Pdf gmelina arborea a viable species for smallholder. Verbenaceae is valuable in sri lankan traditional medicine and a decoction of the bark of g. Antitermitic effect of moringa oleifera extracts compared with chlorpyriphos on gmelina arborea and ceiba pentandra wood was assessed.
Tree based land use systems make a valuable contribution to sequester carbon and improve productivity and nutrient cycling within the systems. The objective of the present study was to evaluate antidiabetic mechanisms of the aqueous bark extract of g. Easy to work gamari timber saws easily and has only slight blunting effects on tools. Gmelina arborea and gliricidia sepium on soil physicochemical properties in abakaliki, southeast, nigeria. Offer editing of scientific articles and research grant proposals. Gambhari gmelina arborea information, medicinal uses and. Effects of gmelina arborea extract on experimentally. It can grow from 3 30 metres tall, sometimes even taller. Trees of bangalore ra gmelina arborea white kashmir teak tree gamhar. It is native to india and parts of southeast asia, and its dense, thick wood is used to make furniture, boats, and musical instruments. College badneraamravati, maharashtra india address for correspondence email. There are no meticulous scientific reports on effect of the plant on inflammation and pain. Gmelina arborea in the mint family, having large leaves, brownishyellow. Gmelina definition of gmelina by the free dictionary.
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. Gmelina herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients. Phytochemical analysis and antiangiogenic potential of. 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. It is a beautiful fast growing avenue tree that grows. Adoekiti is in the humid zone of west africa hzwa, with a tropical climate and a bimodal rainfall distribution. Gmelina arborea is a multipurpose tree species native to asia. Gmelina arborea death disease in fastgrowth plantations. Toxicological studies on aqueous extract of gmelina arborea in. Gmelina arborea roxb is one of the important medicinal plants most widely propagated and cultivated. The plantations species were gmelina arborea gmelina established in 1988. Effect of gmelina arborea roxb in experimentally induced.
The wood is very high class and suitable for furniture,having fine whitish colour and fine grain. Verbenaceae has been used traditionally in sri lanka as a remedy against diabetes mellitus. Pdf gmelina arborea a viable species for smallholder tree. White teak gmelina arborea has also become naturalised at a few locations in the cook district in far northern queensland e. Gmelina is a fastgrowing, unarmed, moderately sized to large deciduous tree with a wide spreading canopy with numerous branches forming a large shady crown. To study the effects of aqueous extract of gmelina arborea bark on normoglycemic levels and. Germplasm resources information network grin online database. Hortus bengalensis, or a catalogue of the plants growing in the hounourable east india companys botanicl garden at calcutta. Gmelina arborea timber is reasonably strong for its weight. Learn about its medicinal uses, botanical details and scientific classification. A deciduous asian tree in the mint family, having large leaves, brownishyellow flowers, and yellow fruit, and widely grown for timber and pulp.
Moringa oleifera parts collected were dried, pounded into powder and aqueous extracts were prepared by boiling at. Shah college of pharmacy, modasa, gujarat, india daya. Details about these propagation methods are presented. Gambhari gmelina arborea uses, properties, benefits. It grows up very well in red sandy loam soil with the ph of 58 and a high soil depth.
How gmelina is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Gmelina arborea leaf meal at different inclusion levels in wad sheep. The plant is used in treatment of diabetes 912, objective. Nailing is fairly easy, but preboring is recommended for screwing. Gmelina arborea is native from pakistan south to sri lanka and east to myanmar, thailand, vietnam. In vitro propagation technique of gmelina arborea multipurpose and a fast growing tree species was. Abstract gmelina arborea roxb is a major income earner for the government and people of cross river state, nigeria. Gmelina arborea is the scientific name of a deciduous tree also commonly known as either beechwood or white teak. When knots are present in the wood, cutting angles should be reduced. Gmelina arborea is well adaptable to a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. The carbon was used to remove methyl violet from the aqueous phase by batch adsorption. White teak gmelina arborea is regarded as an environmental weed in the northern territory and as a potential environmental weed in queensland. Kashmarya, dashamula, gambhari, gmelina arborea roxb, verbenaceae.
Studies on insecticidal potential of extracts of gmelina arborea l. The various concentrations of gmelina ethanolic extracts and the controls were applied on the tenth day of incubation. The biomass was used to produce chemicallyactivated carbon. Gmelina arborea bark biomass is an agricultural waste from the timber industry. Variation in the wood anatomical structure of gmelina arborea verbenaceae trees at different ecological conditions in costa rica. Gambhari gmelina arborea information, medicinal uses and more gambhari is a medicinal tree mentioned in all classical texts of ayurveda. Gmelina arborea roxb verbenaceae, also known as gambhari, is an important medicinal plant in the ayurveda. A summary of results from three decades of research and a discussion of how to use them. Stand structure development effects on wood quality of.
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