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Samadera indica, the Glossary

Samadera indica (syn. Quassia indica), the bitter wood or Niepa bark tree, is a species of plant in the family Simaroubaceae.^[1]

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Samadera
Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner

Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti (/ˈiːdiːz/ from Greek αηδής: "hateful" and /aɪˈdʒɛpti/ from Latin, meaning "of Egypt"), the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.

See Samadera indica and Aedes aegypti

Alluvium

Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.

See Samadera indica and Alluvium

Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region.

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Anopheles stephensi

Anopheles stephensi is a primary mosquito vector of malaria in urban India and is included in the same subgenus as Anopheles gambiae, the primary malaria vector in Africa.

See Samadera indica and Anopheles stephensi

Anthelmintic

Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.

See Samadera indica and Anthelmintic

Anti-inflammatory

Anti-inflammatory or antiphlogistic is the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation or swelling.

See Samadera indica and Anti-inflammatory

Antifeedant

Antifeedants are organic compounds produced by plants to repel herbivores through distaste or toxicity.

See Samadera indica and Antifeedant

Antimicrobial

An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms (microbicide) or stops their growth (bacteriostatic agent).

See Samadera indica and Antimicrobial

Antioxidant

Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation (usually occurring as autoxidation), a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals.

See Samadera indica and Antioxidant

Antipyretic

An antipyretic (from anti- 'against' and 'feverish') is a substance that reduces fever.

See Samadera indica and Antipyretic

Antiviral drug

Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used for treating viral infections.

See Samadera indica and Antiviral drug

Arthritis

Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints.

See Samadera indica and Arthritis

Aspergillus niger

Aspergillus niger is a mold classified within the Nigri section of the Aspergillus genus.

See Samadera indica and Aspergillus niger

Asthma

Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.

See Samadera indica and Asthma

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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Backwater (river)

A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current.

See Samadera indica and Backwater (river)

Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

See Samadera indica and Bacteria

Bark (botany)

Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants.

See Samadera indica and Bark (botany)

Bilious fever

Bilious fever was a medical diagnosis of fever associated with excessive bile or bilirubin in the blood stream and tissues, causing jaundice (a yellow color in the skin or sclera of the eye).

See Samadera indica and Bilious fever

Bismarck Archipelago

The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea.

See Samadera indica and Bismarck Archipelago

Blumea

Blumea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Asteraceae.

See Samadera indica and Blumea

Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

See Samadera indica and Botanical name

Cancer treatment

Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment.

See Samadera indica and Cancer treatment

Candida albicans

Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that is a common member of the human gut flora.

See Samadera indica and Candida albicans

Caroline Islands

The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea.

See Samadera indica and Caroline Islands

Coconut oil

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Combretum indicum

Combretum indicum, commonly known as the Rangoon creeper or Burma creeper, is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and grows in thickets, primary and secondary forest, and along river banks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia and the Philippines.

See Samadera indica and Combretum indicum

Comoros

The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean.

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Congo Basin

The Congo Basin (Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River.

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Constipation

Constipation is a bowel dysfunction that makes bowel movements infrequent or hard to pass.

See Samadera indica and Constipation

Critically Endangered

An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

See Samadera indica and Critically Endangered

Culex quinquefasciatus

Culex quinquefasciatus (originally named Culex fatigans), commonly known as the southern house mosquito, is a medium-sized mosquito found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

See Samadera indica and Culex quinquefasciatus

De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum

De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Fruct.

See Samadera indica and De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum

Decoction

Decoction is a method of extraction by boiling herbal or plant material (which may include stems, roots, bark and rhizomes) to dissolve the chemicals of the material.

See Samadera indica and Decoction

Decomposition

Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts.

See Samadera indica and Decomposition

Dipterocarpaceae

Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees.

See Samadera indica and Dipterocarpaceae

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Drupe

In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pip (UK), pit (US), stone, or pyrena) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside.

See Samadera indica and Drupe

Emmenagogue

Emmenagogues (also spelled emmenagogs) are herbs which stimulate blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus; some stimulate menstruation.

See Samadera indica and Emmenagogue

Erysipelas

Erysipelas is a relatively common bacterial infection of the superficial layer of the skin (upper dermis), extending to the superficial lymphatic vessels within the skin, characterized by a raised, well-defined, tender, bright red rash, typically on the face or legs, but which can occur anywhere on the skin.

See Samadera indica and Erysipelas

Escherichia coli

Escherichia coliWells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.

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Essential oil

An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (easily evaporated at normal temperatures) chemical compounds from plants.

See Samadera indica and Essential oil

Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.

See Samadera indica and Evergreen

Glabrousness

Glabrousness (from the Latin glaber meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering.

See Samadera indica and Glabrousness

Glucoside

A glucoside is a glycoside that is chemically derived from glucose.

See Samadera indica and Glucoside

Hannoa

Hannoa is a genus of plant in the family Simaroubaceae.

See Samadera indica and Hannoa

Hans Peter Nooteboom

Hans Peter Nooteboom (2 July 1934 – 20 April 2022) was a Dutch botanist, pteridologist, plant taxonomist, and journal editor.

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Head louse

The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans.

See Samadera indica and Head louse

Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

See Samadera indica and Hindi

Infusion

Infusion is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol, by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent over time (a process often called steeping).

See Samadera indica and Infusion

Insecticide

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects.

See Samadera indica and Insecticide

Itch

An itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes a strong desire or reflex to scratch.

See Samadera indica and Itch

IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

See Samadera indica and IUCN Red List

James Sykes Gamble

James Sykes Gamble (2 July 1847 – 16 October 1925) was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent; he became Director of the British Imperial Forest School at Dehradun, and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

See Samadera indica and James Sykes Gamble

Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Joseph Gaertner

Joseph Gaertner (12 March 1732 – 14 July 1791) was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788-1792).

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), formerly also known as Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states.

See Samadera indica and Kannada

Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

See Samadera indica and Kerala

Least-concern species

A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild.

See Samadera indica and Least-concern species

Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

See Samadera indica and Leprosy

Lesser Sunda Islands

The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda Kecil, Tetun: Illá Sunda ki'ik sirá; Balinese: Kapuloan Sunda cénik), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, or "Southeast Islands"), are an archipelago in Indonesian archipelago.

See Samadera indica and Lesser Sunda Islands

Leukemia

Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells.

See Samadera indica and Leukemia

Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

See Samadera indica and Limestone

Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.

See Samadera indica and Madagascar

Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.

See Samadera indica and Malayalam

Malaysian Malay

Malaysian Malay (Bahasa Melayu Malaysia.), also known as Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu piawai), Bahasa Malaysia, or simply Malay, is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei and Singapore (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia, which is referred to as the "Indonesian" language).

See Samadera indica and Malaysian Malay

Malesia

Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.

See Samadera indica and Malesia

Mangrove forest

Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones.

See Samadera indica and Mangrove forest

Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

See Samadera indica and Marathi language

Medullary ray (botany)

Medullary rays, also known as vascular rays or pith rays, are cellular structures found in some species of wood.

See Samadera indica and Medullary ray (botany)

Methanol

Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).

See Samadera indica and Methanol

Native species

In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often popularised as "with no human intervention") during history.

See Samadera indica and Native species

Near-threatened species

A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.

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Papuasia

Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD).

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Parang

Parang is a popular folk music originating from Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago that was brought to Trinidad and Tobago by Venezuelan migrants who were primarily of Amerindian, Spanish, Mestizo, Pardo, and African heritage, something which is strongly reflected in the music itself.

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Pedicel (botany)

In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence.

See Samadera indica and Pedicel (botany)

Peduncle (botany)

In botany, a peduncle is a stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower, or, after fecundation, an infructescence or a solitary fruit.

See Samadera indica and Peduncle (botany)

Pemba Island

Pemba Island (الجزيرة الخضراء al-Jazīra al-khadrāʔ, literally "The Green Island"; Pemba kisiwa) is a Tanzanian island forming part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, lying within the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean.

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Petiole (botany)

In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.

See Samadera indica and Petiole (botany)

Phytotoxin

Phytotoxins are substances that are poisonous or toxic to the growth of plants.

See Samadera indica and Phytotoxin

Pierreodendron

Pierreodendron is a genus of plants in the family Simaroubaceae.

See Samadera indica and Pierreodendron

Plant propagation

Plant propagation is the process by which new plants grow from various sources, including seeds, cuttings, and other plant parts.

See Samadera indica and Plant propagation

Plants of the World Online

Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common encapsulated, Gram-negative, aerobic–facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium that can cause disease in plants and animals, including humans.

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Quassia

Quassia is a plant genus in the family Simaroubaceae.

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Quassinoid

Quassinoids are degraded triterpene lactones (similar to limonoids) of the Simaroubaceae plant family grouped into C-18, C-19, C-20, C-22 and C-25 types.

See Samadera indica and Quassinoid

Rheumatism

Rheumatism or rheumatic disorders are conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints or connective tissue.

See Samadera indica and Rheumatism

Samadera

Samadera is a genus of four species of plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae in the order Sapindales. Samadera indica and Samadera are flora of Indo-China, flora of Tanzania, flora of the Indian subcontinent, plants described in 1791 and taxa named by Joseph Gaertner.

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Samadera harmandiana

Samadera harmandiana (syn Quassia harmandiana) is a freshwater mangrove shrub or small tree in the Simaroubaceae family. Samadera indica and Samadera harmandiana are Samadera.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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Scabies

Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis.

See Samadera indica and Scabies

Simaba

Simaba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.

See Samadera indica and Simaba

Simarouba

Simarouba is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Simaroubaceae, native to the neotropics.

See Samadera indica and Simarouba

Simaroubaceae

The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sinhala language

Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive spherically shaped bacterium, a member of the Bacillota, and is a usual member of the microbiota of the body, frequently found in the upper respiratory tract and on the skin.

See Samadera indica and Staphylococcus aureus

Steam distillation

Steam distillation is a separation process that consists of distilling water together with other volatile and non-volatile components.

See Samadera indica and Steam distillation

Sulawesi

Sulawesi, also known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.

See Samadera indica and Sulawesi

Tagalog language

Tagalog (Baybayin) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Telugu language

Telugu (తెలుగు|) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.

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Termite

Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.

See Samadera indica and Termite

Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.

See Samadera indica and Traditional medicine

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadera_indica

, Insecticide, Itch, IUCN Red List, James Sykes Gamble, Java, Joseph Gaertner, Kannada, Kerala, Least-concern species, Leprosy, Lesser Sunda Islands, Leukemia, Limestone, Madagascar, Malaria, Malayalam, Malaysian Malay, Malesia, Mangrove forest, Marathi language, Medullary ray (botany), Methanol, Native species, Near-threatened species, Papuasia, Parang, Pedicel (botany), Peduncle (botany), Pemba Island, Petiole (botany), Phytotoxin, Pierreodendron, Plant propagation, Plants of the World Online, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Quassia, Quassinoid, Rheumatism, Samadera, Samadera harmandiana, Sanskrit, Sarawak, Scabies, Simaba, Simarouba, Simaroubaceae, Singapore, Sinhala language, Spanish language, Staphylococcus aureus, Steam distillation, Sulawesi, Tagalog language, Tamil language, Tanzania, Telugu language, Termite, Traditional medicine, Triterpene, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Vanuatu, Western Ghats, Wood.

Samadera indica, the Glossary

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Samadera

Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner

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