Aporosa cardiosperma explained

Aporosa cardiosperma is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to South-West India and Sri Lanka. The fruit has two seeds covered with sour gelatinous pulp that is fed on by birds (and edible for humans^[1]) which disperse the seeds.^[2] In the Western Ghats of India, the thin stems of the tree are often galled by Cecidomyiidae. An echinate gall formation has also been noted in Kerala.^[3]

A herbal concoction of the leaves is used in traditional remedies for jaundice and other conditions. Antioxidant and hypoglycemia inducing properties of its extracts have been noted in laboratory studies.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Sturtevant's notes on edible plants . J.B. Lyon . 1919 . Hedrick, U.P. . Albany . 59.
2. Puyravaud . Jean‐Philippe . Dufour . Céline . Aravajy . Subramanian . 2003 . Rain forest expansion mediated by successional processes in vegetation thickets in the Western Ghats of India . Journal of Biogeography . en . 30 . 7 . 1067–1080 . 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00882.x . 0305-0270.
3. Saleem . U.K.A. . Nasser . M. . 2015-07-03 . Insect-induced galls of the Malabar bioregion, Southern India . Oriental Insects . en . 49 . 3-4 . 165–197 . 10.1080/00305316.2015.1081420 . 0030-5316.
4. Badami . Shrishailappa . Rai . Sujay R. . Suresh . B. . 2005 . Antioxidant activity of Aporosa lindleyana root . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . en . 101 . 1-3 . 180–184 . 10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.029.
5. Ali . Yakub . Alam . Mohammad Sarwar . Hamid . Hinna . Husain . Asif . Kharbanda . Chetna . Bano . Sameena . Nazreen . Syed . Haider . Saqlain . 2014 . Attenuation of inflammatory mediators, oxidative stress and toxic risk evaluation of Aporosa lindleyana Baill bark extract . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . en . 155 . 3 . 1513–1521 . 10.1016/j.jep.2014.07.035.
6. Jayakar . B. . Suresh . B. . 2003 . Antihyperglycemic and hypoglycemic effect of Aporosa lindleyana in normal and alloxan induced diabetic rats . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . en . 84 . 2-3 . 247–249 . 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00328-8.