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Sri Lanka stands unique among the biodiversity hotspots of the world. A remarkably high number of endemic species is found among our fauna and flora with around 23 percent of the flowering plants being endemic. Sri Lanka is home for about 3,360 flowering plant species belonging to 200 plant families. The low country wet zone and mountainous areas in the South West harbour 90 percent of our endemic species

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Due to the recent research studies, the molecular structures of 200 endemic plants of Sri Lanka have been identified by a group of researchers. They have chemically identified the compounds, molecular structures and elements of the plants by studying their bark, timber, fruits or flowers.These plants may hold a possible cure (complete or partial) for a disease, and is yet to be discovered

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Madhuca neriifolia

Scientific Name: Madhuca neriifolia

Family: Sapotaceae

Vernacular Name: Gam mee

 

 

Distribution:  Endemic to Sri Lanka

Ecology: Lowland rain forests,usually by streams and on rivers banks,also reported from rocky steam beds,possibility rheophytic   young,15-200m.

 

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Chemical Compounds:

Decanoic acid 

Hederagenia

α-Sninasterol

α-Spinasterol-β-D-glucoside

 

Ayurvedic usage *:

  •          Wounds
  •          Sores
  •          Fracture

 

  Parts   used  in  treatments *:

  •          Bark
  •          Roots
  •          Heart wood

 

*source by : http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/project.htm

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