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Melicope madagascariensis is a tree of Madagascar's wet tropical forests, reaching 10 to 20 metres, valued locally as a medicinal plant. It is not a common garden or houseplant, and cultivation advice is limited.
Melicope madagascariensis is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is used as a medical plant.
Locally, it is used as an exhilarating agent and as laxatives, and in formulations for the treatment of liver, kidney and stomach disorders, bronchitis and mumps. Ethanol extraction studies identified furoquinoline alkaloids and methoxyflavones from its stem barks, including compounds such as heliparvifoline with weak anti-malarial property, and skimmianine with moderate cytotoxicity to colon cancer cell lines. Its essential oil was extracted from its fruit through hydro-distillation, with main constituents identified include ocimene, methyl chavicol, and cadinene, with the oil showcased inhibitory activity to common bacterial and fungal pathogens.
Melicope accedens · Auwahi melicope · Melicope affinis · Ballou's melicope · Yellow evodia · False Euodia · Waianae Range melicope · Manena · Melicope clemensiae · Melicope confusa · Melicope contermina · Pilo 'ula
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melicope madagascariensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
