Aegiceras corniculatum

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Aegiceras corniculatum

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Aegiceras
Species:
A. corniculatum
Binomial name
Aegiceras corniculatum
(
Blanco
Synonyms
  • Rhizophora corniculata Linnaeus
  • Aegiceras fragrans
  • Aegiceras majus
  • Aegiceras malaspinaea[2]
Seeds of Aegiceras corniculatum

Aegiceras corniculatum, commonly known as black mangrove, river mangrove, goat's horn mangrove, or khalsi, is a

South East Asia to southern China, New Guinea and Australia.[3]

Description

Aegiceras corniculatum grows as a shrub or small tree up to 7 metres (23 ft) high, though often considerably less. Its

fragrant, small, white flowers are produced as umbellate clusters of 10–30, with a peduncle up to 10 mm long and with pedicels 10–18 millimetres (0.39–0.71 in) long. The calyx is 2–4 millimetres (0.079–0.157 in) long and corolla 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in) long. The fruit is curved and cylindrical or horn-shaped, light green to pink in colour and 20–75 millimetres (0.79–2.95 in) long.[3] It grows in mud in estuaries and tidal creeks, often at the seaward edge of the mangrove zone.[4]

The species is of interest to many moths, including species from the genera Anarsia, Archips and Phyllocnistis, as well as the species Darna trima, Gonodontis clelia and Neurozerra conferta.[2]

Medicinal uses

Aegiceras corniculatum extract has analgesic properties[5] which supports a fight against diabetes.[6] The stems of the plant contain up to seven compounds, including: 2-methoxy-3-nonylresorcinol, 5-O-ethylembelin, 2-O-acetyl-5-O-methylembelin, 3,7-dihydroxy-2,5-diundecylnaphthoquinone, 2,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxy-3,6-diundecyldibenzofuran-1,4-dione, 2,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-3,9-diundecyldibenzofuran-1,4-dione (6), and 10-hydroxy-4-O-methyl-2,11-diundecylgomphilactone.[7]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T178797A7608891.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco[permanent dead link] Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  3. ^ a b "Aegiceras corniculatum". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  4. ^ Neha Tusharbhai Patel; Amar Nath Pandey (2009). "Salinity tolerance of Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco from Gujarat coasts of India" (PDF). Anales de Biología. 31: 93–104.
  5. PMID 21419211
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  6. PMID 22470894.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link
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  7. PMID 15165134
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