Family • Sapindaceae
Kalayo
Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh.
RUSTY SAPINDUS
Chi cai
Scientific names | Common names |
Erioglossum rubiginosum Roxb. Unresolved | Aboi (P. Bis.) |
Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. | Balinaunau (P. Bis.) |
Sapindus rubiginosa Roxb. | Balit (C. Bis.) |
Barit (P. Bis.) | |
Buli-buli (C. Bis., P. Bis.) | |
Buri-buri (P. Bis.) | |
Duka (Bis.) | |
Kalangkañgin (Tagk.) | |
Kalayo (Tag.) | |
Kalimaiu (Tag.) | |
Lagui (Ting.) | |
Liñgarau (Tag.) | |
Magasilad (Mbo.) | |
Malasaging-puti (Tag.) | |
Palatangan-a-malabaga (Ilk.) | |
Tagurirong (P. Bis.) | |
Togoriron (P. Bis.) | |
Usau-usau (Sul.) | |
Rusty sapindus (Engl.) | |
Erioglossum rubiginosum (Roxb.) Blume is an unresolved name. The Plant List | |
Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. is an accepted name The Plant List |
Other vernacular names |
BANGLADESH: Bara harina, Chagalnadi. |
BENGALI: Kaakjaam. |
CHINESE: Chi cai. |
MALAY: Buoh terajang, Kalaju, Kelat layu, Ki layu, Kulayo, Mertajam, Terajang. |
THAI: Chan ru, Huat kha, Huat lao, Kamcham, Kasam, Kamsam, Ma cham, Ma huat, Ma huta pa, Sam sam, Si hok noi. |
VIETNAMESE: Cây kén kén, Nhãn dê, Nhãn rừng. |
Updated January 2021 / March 2016
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PHOTOS / ILLUSTRATIONS |
IMAGE SOURCE: / Photo / Lepisanthes rubiginosa / Leaves at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.) / Click on image to go to source page / alterVISTA |
OTHER IMAGE SOURCE: / Photo / FRUITS / 'Gum Chum' in Thai, or Lepisanthes rubiginosa / © SWASH / Non-Commercial use / click on image to go see source page / The SWASH Times |
Additional
Sources and Suggested Readings (1) Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. (accepted name) / Chinese name / Catalogue of Life, China (2) Sorting Lepisanthes names / Authorised by Prof. Snow Barlow / Maintained by: Michel H. Porcher / MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE / Copyright © 1997 - 2000 The University of Melbourne. (3) Membrane stabilization – A possible mechanism of action for the anti-inflammatory activity of a Bangladeshi medicinal plant: Erioglossum rubiginosum (Bara Harina) / Pankaj Chandra Debnath, Abhijit Das, Amirul Islam, Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Mahadi Hassan, Sultan Md. Gias Uddin / Pharmacognosy Journal, Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 104-107, May 2013 (4) A comparative study of the essential oil from flowers and fruits of lepisanthes rubiginosa / Stephen G. Pyne, Boonsom Liawruangrath, Saisunee Liawruangrath, A Teerawutkulrag, J Chuangbunyat / Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia, 2011, 53(4): pp 535-542. (5) Rubiginoside, a farnesyl glycoside from Lepisanthes rubiginosa. / Adesanya SA, Martin MT, Hill B, Dumontet V, Van Tri M, Sévenet T, Païs M. / Phytochemistry. 1999 Aug; 51(8): pp 1039-1041. (6) ETHNO-MEDICO-BOTANICAL STUDY IN LAWACHARA NATIONAL PARK, BANGLADESH / MOHAMMAD ZASHIM UDDIN*, MD ABUL HASSAN, MIZANUR RAHMAN AND KAMRUL AREFIN / Bangladesh J. Bot., June 2012; 41(1): pp 97-104 (7) Anti-leprotic Plants of Chhattisgarh: A Review / M. Vinod, M. Sharma, A. kesharwani*, R. Thakur, H. Verma Rungta College of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, Kohka Road, kurud, Bhilai, C.G, India. (8) Effect of an extract of Erioglossum edule on the central nervous system. / Sattar M A, Gan EK, Loke SE, Mah KF, Wong WH. / J Ethnopharmacol 1989;25:217–220. / Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants Asia and the Pacific Christophe Wiart, PharmD (9) Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh. / Synonyms / The Plant List (10) Pharmacological, Phytochemical and Physicochemical properties of methanol extracts of Erioglossum rubiginosum barks / Santanu Barua, S. M. Masud Rana, Md. Mustahsan Billah, Zannatul Naim, Golam Sarwar / Journal of Health Sciences, 2013; 3(11): pp 51-62 (11) Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory potentiality of some minor fruits of West Bengal, India / Susmita Das, Bratati De / Journal of Pharmacy & BioAllied Sciences (12) Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluation of ethanoic extract of Lepisanthes rubiginosa L. leaves / Md Mahedi Hasan, Amir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman et al / BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017; 17, Article no 496 / DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-017-2010-y (13) Two new glycosides, farnesyl pentaglycoside and oleanane triglycoside from Lepisanthes rubiginosa, a mangrove plant collected from TThua Thien- Hue province, Vietnam / Loc Van Tran, Ninh Pham Thi, Luu Nguyen Thi, Chien Van Tran, Nhu Thi Quynh Vo, Anh Ngoc ho et al / Natural Product Research, 2020 / DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2020.1817010 (14) Chemical Constituents of Ethyl Acetate Extract of Lepisanthes rubiginosa Collected in Phu Loc District, Thua Thien-Hue Province / Pham Thi Ninh, Tran Thi Phurong Thao, Tran Van Loc, Nguyen Thi Dung, Do Xuan Cam, Tran Van Sung / Vietnam Journal of Chemistry, 2017; 55(1) (15) Plants used as abortifacient and contraceptive by the Nicobarese / H S Dagar / Journal of the Andaman Science Association, 1989; 5(2): pp 169-170 |
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