Efficiency of mangrove plants avicennia marina and avicennia officinalis. Avicennia officinalis herb uses, benefits, cures, side. Black mangrove avicennia africana, avicennia elliptica, avicennia floridana, avicennia nitida, avicennia oblongifolia, avicennia officinalis var. Avicennia has a wide geographical distribution, with members found in intertidal estuaries along many of the worlds tropical and warm temperate coasts. Rap publication 200607 food and agriculture organization of the united nations regional office for asia and the pacific bangkok. Fortythree trees 23 rhizophora mucronata and 20 avicennia marina were studied for the establishment of allometric relationships between. When it matures, it forms a columnar tree up to 15 m and may grow up to 30 m. The indian mangrove almost looks like avicennia marina, especially the seeds look very similar, but they have completely differnet leaves and the indian mangrove becomes much lager than the grey mangrove, although they have almost the same attitutes. First, the avicennia area that is located near the inland water and the second region was found more. It contains mangrove trees, which occur in the intertidal zones of estuarine areas and are characterized by its pencil roots which are aerial roots. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Avicennia officinalis is an obligate halophyte that has evolved both morphologically and physiologically to thrive in saline conditions 1. A study from different part of world of pollen were recorded from the antilles in mexico, the, the northern south america and central america 8 indicates the neotropical environments were firstly occupied by nypa, pelliceria, acrostichum, and brevitricolpites variabilis. Propagule morphology and viability of avicennia officinalis. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 18473 with original publication details. Pdf phytochemical investigation on the aerial roots of avicennia officinalis of. Bioactive diterpenes from the mangrove avicennia officinalis linn. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of avicennia marina. Information about avicennia officinalis in the dictionary, synonyms and. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of avicennia marina leaf. Oxidation of oleanolic acid of avicennia officinalis leaves to oleanonic acid in the natural environment of sunderban mangrove ecosystem springerlink. Pharmacological activities of leaf and bark extracts of a.
Avicennia officinalis is a medicinally important mangrove plant and used in traditional medicinal practices to treat various ailments like rheumatism, paralysis, asthma, dyspepsia, tumors etc. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in avicennia officinalis. Distribution and morphological adaptations of avicennia. Uses the wood, used to construct boats, houses, and wharves has been studied as a pulp source, and the bark and roots are used for tanning.
Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf iridoids from avicennia marina article pdf available in zeitschrift fur naturforschung c 561112. The bark is used for dying cloth, the ash for washing it in india watt and breyerbrandwijk 1962. Avicennia officinalis, rhizophora mucronata, kandelia candel and rhizophora apiculata were found to be. Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bears breeches family, acanthaceae. Base of avecinnia officinalis showing aerial roots. Oxidation of oleanolic acid of avicennia officinalis. Proper usage and audio pronunciation of the word avicennia officinalis. A taxonomic genus within the family acanthaceae some trees called mangroves. How avicennia officinalis is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format.
Acanthaceae a superhost plants of gallinducing arthropods in mangrove forests. Leaf blades shiny dark green above and white waxy below latin alba, white, as well as the malay, putih refer to this feature, usually eggshaped, elliptic or lanceshaped with a pointed tip but can be very variable even within the same branch. Title handbook of energy crops publication author duke. Avicennia marina l is a member of avicenniaceae family and this family includes many plants that are rich source. The purpose of this research was to study the translocation of heavy metal cu, and its elimination using the mangrove plant, avicennia marina. The extracts of avicennia marina from leaves and aerial parts have been reported to possess antiviral zandi et al. Avicennia officinalis on nparks flora and fauna website. Names of avicennia officinalis in various languages of the world are also given. List of various diseases cured by avicennia officinalis. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of different mangrove plant extracts. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity of avicennia officinalis across the salinity gradient in the sundarbans of bangladesh was studied. Buy avicennia officinalis indian mangrove, select amount and size and put your mangrove to the shopping basket.
Avicennia officinalis is a species of mangrove also known as indian mangrove. Apiapi ludat avicennia officinalis on the shores of. This page was last edited on 24 december 2019, at 01. A list of lyrics, artists and songs that contain the term avicennia officinalis from the website. Avicennia officinalis, rhizophora mucronata, kandelia candel. The record derives from wcsp which reports it as an accepted name record 18473 with original publication details. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity of avicennia officinalis l. Bioaccumulation of zn and pb in avicennia marina forsk. Avicennia officinalis a small to mediumsized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern pacific white.
Aboveground biomass estimation of avicennia marina scientific. Abstract of a new flavonoid from leaves of avicennia. Some parts of this plant such as barks, leaves, and fruits of a. Antibacterial activity and characterization of secondary. The distrbution of avicennia officinalis was restricted towards inland water whereas excoecaria agallocha and avicennia marina were found along the entire regains of estuaries. The species of rhizophoraceae are well known for their long torpedoshaped. Pdf pollination ecology of avicennia officinalis l. Phytochemical characterization and antimicrobial efficiency of. Avicennia marina and avicennia officinalis to be rich in secondary metabolites and possess antioxidant and antibacterial activity. Triterpenoids from the stem bark of avicennia officinalis. Detection of epibenthic predation in such a high intertidal zone would indicate that. The character by whics h avicennia officinalis separate frod m a. Avicennia officinalis synonyms, avicennia officinalis pronunciation, avicennia officinalis translation, english dictionary definition of avicennia officinalis. The zone of mangrove can be divided into two areas.
Avicennia marina a mangrove of the west indies and the southern florida coast. It is commonly known as api api which in the malay language means fires, a reference to the fact that fireflies often congregate on these trees. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the carbohydrate metabolizing enzyme inhibitory, antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic potentials of ethanol leaf and bark extracts of a. Avicennia marina synonyms, avicennia marina pronunciation, avicennia marina translation, english dictionary definition of avicennia marina. Avicennia officials family avicenniaceae western india to philippines and new guinea.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Giesen, wim and stephan wulffraat, max zieren and liesbeth scholten. Accumulation of heavy metals zn, pb was studied in two mangrove species avicennia marina. Research article open access identification of salt gland. Abstractavicennia marinain gazi bay, kenya, displays a disjunct zonation pattern across the intertidal zone with a seaward and a landward a. Antibacterial activity of mature leaves, tender leaves and bark extracts of avicennia marina, avicennia officinalis and bruguiera sexangula were evaluated using. Apiapi, avicennia officinalis, indian mangrove herbal medicine an illustrated compilation of philippine medicinal plants by dr godofredo umali stuart, with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and medicinal research studies. Publisheryear 1983 isbndescription published only on the internet, excellent information on a wide range of. The shiny green leaves, 10 cm long by 5 cm wide, have rounded apexes and goldenbrown under leaf and grow in opposites. Oleanolic acid, a major component pentacyclic triterpene in the leaves ofavicennia officinalis was found to be oxidized to oleanonic acid in the natural environment of sunderban mangrove forest. Definition of avicennia officinalis in the dictionary. Acanthaceae, sometimes alternatively placed in verbenaceae or with a more narrow interpretation of the.
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