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Contents 1 Plants by Common Name 1.1 Cushaw 1.2 Leche Nut 1.3 Lycoris Squamigera 1.4 Living stump(s) 1.5 Galaxy Peach 1.6 Muña 1.7 Peepal tree 1.8 Sky fruit 1.9 Sola plant, Shola plant 1.10 Garcinia atroviridis

[edit] Plants by Common Name

[edit] Cushaw

Cushaw - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) <--Removed from list, existing redirect to Squash (plant). Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 18:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Leche Nut

Leche nut - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) see Lychee nut <–Removed - existing redirect to Lychee nut. Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 18:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lycoris Squamigera

Lycoris squamigera Surprise Lily - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) <--Removed Lycoris squamigera from list, added to description and created redirect for "Surprise Lily." Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 18:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Living stump(s)

Living stumps - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) <--Removed from list, created stub. Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 20:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Galaxy Peach

Galaxy peach, Gene-modified Saturn peaches - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)<--I don't see that other peach varieties have individual articles about them (including the Saturn peach upon which the Galaxy is based). I'd already started on a stub, so if anyone wants to proceed, I'm leaving the following info if it is useful.

The "Galaxy peach" is a gene-modified Saturn peach created David W. Ramming, a geneticist at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in 2004. Due to its flat shape, it is sometimes called a "bagel peach." The freestone fruit ripens in mid to late June.

(Ref) New Peach Looks Funny, Tastes Great By Marcia Wood April 5, 2004 http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2004/040405.htm USDA Agricultural Research Service: News and Events

Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 21:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Muña

Muña - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) minthostachys mollis, used as a tisane/tea <–removed; existing redirect to Minthostachys mollis, to which I added information about the traditional medicinal use of the tea. Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 22:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peepal tree

Peepal tree = Ficus religious - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) / (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) see Ficus religiosa <-removed; existing redirect to Ficus religiosa. Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 22:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sky fruit

Sky fruit, Fructuse Swietenia macrophylla - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw), (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) <–removed; existing redirect to Swietenia macrophylla. Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 22:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sola plant, Shola plant

Sola plant, also known as Shola plant - (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) <– removed; existing redirects to Aeschynomene aspera. Typing Monkey - ^{(type to me)} 22:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Garcinia atroviridis

Garcinia atroviridisItalic text(Gutiferae), locally named 'asam gelugor' in Malay, or 'asam keping¹. It is a medium sized fruit tree endemic to peninsular Malaysia. This species grows wild throughout peninsular Malaysia but is also widely cultivated especially in the northern states owing to its economic and medicinal value. Garcinia is a big-sized perennial plant commonly found in evergreen forests in the southern region of Thailand and Malaysia. <[[Media:gallery> Figure] </gallery>).

The ‘asam gelugor’ tree grows to a height of 30-50 ft. and has long trunk, smooth grey bark and drooping branches. The leaves are dark green, shiny, long narrow with a pointed tip and upturned edges. The flowers are dark red. The round fruits are borne singly on twig ends about 7 - 10 cm in diameter. The ripe fruits are bright orange yellow, which are sliced, dried and used in curries or stewed in plenty of sugar to be eaten.

Uses of Garcinia atroviridis

The fruit contains fruiting acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid and ascorbic acid that have antioxidant activities.Asam gelugor also contain flavonoids. Flavonoids demonstrate a wide range of biochemical and pharmacological effects including anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, anti-platelet, anti-thrombotic action, and anti-allergic effects².Sun-dried slices of the fruits, locally known as ‘asam keping’, are commercially available and are popularly used as seasoning in curries, sour relish and also for dressing fish. there was also a tendency effect on serum lipid profile and on atherosclerosis in guinea pig^3</sup

^Reference

^{1. Mackeen, M. M., Ali, A. M., Lajis, N. H., Kawazu, K., Hassan, Z., Amran, M., Habsah, M., Mooi, L. Y. & Mohamed, S. M. 2000. Antimicrobial, antioxidant, antitumour-promoting and cytotoxic activities of different plant part extracts ofGarcinia atroviridis Griff. exT. Anders. Journal of Ethanopharmacology.3: 395 -402.}

^{2. Cooks, N. C. & Samman, S. 1996. Flavonoids- Chemistry, metabolism, cardioprotective effects and dietary sources. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 57: 66.}

^{3. Zaiton Zakaria, Adel A.A.Amran, Faizah othman, Paden Morat. 2007.Effects of Garcinia atroviridis on serum lipid profiles and histology of aorta in atherosclerotic guinea pig. The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences. 14(1): 113.}