''Artocarpus nobilis'', the Ceylon breadfruit, is a tree species in the family
Moraceae
The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to south western regions of
Sri Lanka. It is known as "Wal dhel - වල් දෙල්" , "Baedi dhel - බැදි දෙල්" or as "Hingala dhel - හිංගල දෙල්" by local people.
The plant is known to infect by ''
Rigidoporus microporus'' to cause
White root disease
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...
. This is the first time that the pathogen was found instead of ''
Hevea brasiliensis''.
Description
Ceylon breadfruit is an evergreen plant with about 25m height. The seeds and fruits are used for medicinal purposes for the worm diseases caused by nematode ''
Ascaris lumbricoides
''Ascaris lumbricoides'' is a large parasitic worm that causes ascariasis in humans. A roundworm of genus '' Ascaris'', it is the most common parasitic worm in humans. An estimated one-sixth of the human population is at some point infected by ...
''.
Chemistry
''Artocarpus nobilis'' contains
prenylated flavonoids,
xanthonoid
A xanthonoid is a chemical natural phenolic compound formed from the xanthone backbone. Many members of the Clusiaceae contain xanthonoids.
Xanthonoid biosynthesis in cell cultures of '' Hypericum androsaemum'' involves the presence of a benzoph ...
s in its root bark,
geranyl
Geraniol is a monoterpenoid and an alcohol. It is the primary component of citronella oil and is a primary component of rose oil, palmarosa oil. It is a colorless oil, although commercial samples can appear yellow. It has low solubility in water, ...
ated phenolic compounds in its fruits, geranyl
chalcones in its leaves and
pyranodihydrobenzoxanthones isolated from the bark.
Two pyranodihydrobenzoxanthones from Artocarpus nobilis. M. Uvaisa, S. Sultanbawaa and Sivagnanasundram Surendrakumar, Phytochemistry, Volume 28, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 599-605
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References
External links
Photos of ''Artocarpus nobilis''jstor.org
Flora of Sri Lanka
nobilis
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Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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