Abstract
Garcinia lanceifolia Roxb. is an important and endemic medicinal plant of Assam which has been used by various ethnic communities of Northeast India to treat various disorders like dysentery, dyspepsia, and biliousness. The plant is considered to be containing much medicinal value and is also eaten raw or made into pickles by the local people. Our present study has been focused on the evaluation of the antibacterial activity of the methanolic extract of the bark of Garcinia lanceifolia which may lead us to a scientific evidence of the use of this plant in cases of dysentery and diarrhoea.
Highlights
Garcinia lanceifolia commonly known as “Rupahi-thekera” (Assamese), “Pelh” (Mizo), “Rupohi tekera” (Mising), belonging to the family Clusiaceae, is an important and endemic medicinal plant found in Assam
The bark of Garcinia lanceifolia was collected in the month of August, 2013, from the campus of Dibrugarh University and neighboring areas of Dibrugarh, Assam, India
As stated earlier Garcinia lanceifolia is an important, endemic, and endangered species of medicinal plant found in Assam and is used by the local people to treat moderate to severe cases of dysentery and diarrhoea
Summary
Garcinia lanceifolia commonly known as “Rupahi-thekera” (Assamese), “Pelh” (Mizo), “Rupohi tekera” (Mising), belonging to the family Clusiaceae, is an important and endemic medicinal plant found in Assam. The plant is a handsome, small, evergreen tree. Male flowers are 1-2, terminal, with thick sepals, oblong fleshy with smaller petals, oblique stamens about 40 in number arranged in a glabrous mass which contains four celled anthers. Fruits are the size of small palm, ovoid, orange-yellow, and 6–8 seeded. It flowers annually between February and March while the fruiting occurs between June to July [1]. It was found previously in the evergreen forests of Assam and Meghalaya extensively; in present day it is facing the danger of extinction in nature and is often cultivated at homestead [2]
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