Planchonia careya

Planchonia careya

Plachonia careya is an edible plant with the more commonly known name of cocky apple.

Flower

Plachonia careya

Use by native populations

• The fruit grows on thin trees which were useful in many ways towards the Indigenous Australians.
• For instance, the bark and leaves of the planchonia trees were used as medicine, while the roots were used as fish poison.

Medicinal properties

The leaves of Planchonia careya (F. Muell.) R. Knuth (Lecythidaceae) have been traditionally implemented in the treatment of wounds by the indigenous people of northern Australia. In a study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, six known compounds were isolated from the leaf extracts and were identified as:

• 1, (+)-gallocatechin;
• 2, gallocatechin-(4α[rightward arrow]8)-gallocatechin;
• 3, 9(S)-hydroxy-10E,12Z-octadecadienoic acid (α-dimorphecolic acid);
• 4, 2α,3β,24-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid (hyptatic acid-A);
• 5, 3β-O-cis-p-coumaroyltormentic acid; and
• 6, 3β-O-trans-p-coumaroyltormentic acid.

• Compounds 5 and 6 were weakly selective for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) compared with eukaryotic cells.

Nutritional information on Planchonia careya

NB:Carbohydrate, by difference(total carbs-fiber) is also called net carbs

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