Some substances in the inner bark of the roots are used in medicines.
Specimens in coastal dune vegetation were reported killed by Armillaria luteobubalina, with mycelial sheaths of the fungus beneath the bark of the root collar.
Specimens in coastal dune vegetation were reported killed by the fungus Armillaria luteobubalina, with mycelial sheaths of the fungus beneath the bark of the root collar.
They also isolated conessine from the bark of the root.
The root extract of X. terrae-reginae, the fractions of the leaves and barks of the roots of X. ciliatifolium and methanol leaf extract X. congestum result antibacterial activity [ 20- 23].
The most common way of using the herbs was to take them orally, most often consumed as a strong tea or chewed, and the women often combined different types of herbs in their attempts to interrupt the pregnancy: The woman was instructed in drinking a strong tea of akashwagara together with barks of lemon roots.
Previous investigations of the bark and roots of M. azedarach have shown that it is a rich source of meliacarpinin type limonoids [6, 7, 8, 9, 10].
The toxic principle, urushiol, is produced in the resinous juice of the resin ducts of the leaves, flowers, fruits, and bark of stems and roots but not in the pollen grains.
Kosterm., root bark of Mesua ferrea Linn., and roots of Mesua congestiflora were collected from the Sri Aman district in Sarawak, Malaysia.
The leaves, stem bark and roots of M. discoidea, and the leaves of H. africanum were dried in an oven (40°C), and ground to fine powder.
