Aegle marmelos

habitat,habit,useful parts ,morphology of useful parts ,phytochemicals and pharmaceutical uses of Aegle marmelos.

2. HABITATAND DISTRIBUTION
•Native to india,grownall over the country,
especiallyin premisesof temples.

3. HABIT
•Medium sized.
•Deciduoustree
•Sharp axillary throns
•Yellowishbrown bark
•Leaves –alternate, trifoliate and aromatic

6. USEFUL PART
•Root bark
•fruit
•leaves

7. LEAF MORPHOLOGY
•Trifolate,
•Alternate
•leaflets entire
•glabrous
•aromatic

8. FRUIT MORPHOLOGY
•Sub-spherical to pear shaped
•Large with a hard rind
•8-15chambered
•each chamber with 10or more seeds

11. ROOT MORPHOLOGY
•Roots are light pinkish grey
•cylindrical with prominentlenticels
•rootbarkis yellowor greyish colour and
slightlyaromatic

12. PHYTOCHEMICALS
•Aegeline
•Marmeline
•Scoparone
•Scopletin

13. •Umbelliferone
•Aegilinol
•ethylcinnamide
•Xanthotoxol
•marmelosine

14. PHARMACEUTICALUSES
•Intestinaldisorders
•diabetes
•diarrhoea
•mouth ulcer
•dysentry

15. CHEMICALCONSTITUENTS
•Alkaloids
•coumarins
•steroids
•polysaccharides
•Carotenoids
•tannins

16. TRADITIONALUSES
•The differentparts of the plant are used for various
purposesuch astreatment of:
•Asthma
•brain typhoid troubles during pregnancy
•Anaemia
•Fractures

17. •Healing of wounds
•Swollenjoints
•high blood pressure
•Jaundice
•diarrhoea

18. LEAF EXTRACT OF AEGLEMARMELOS
•Diabetes
itenhances the abilityto utilise the external
glucose load in the body by stimulation of glucose
uptake similarto insulin.

19. •Medicated oil from the leaves gives relief from
recurrentcold and respiratoryinfections.
•Usedfor jaundice and treatment of wounds.
•Alsoused for treatment of conjunctivitisand
deafness.

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