Ethnomedicinal Uses of &lt;I&gt;Fraxinus xanthoxyloides&lt;/I&gt; (Afghan Ash): A Review

Kukreti, Akshit; Thapliyal, Manisha; Kurmanchali, Neelam; Rawat, Laxmi; Ramola, Gaurav Chand; Singh, Rajat

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“…The present study was conducted in the Niti valley (Jhelum and Malari village), a buffer zone of NDBR, Western Himalaya and Kinnaur Forest Division (Ribba and Jangi village), Himachal Pradesh to evaluate the population structure and regeneration status of Fraxinus xanthoxyloides commonly known as Afghan ash, is a traditional medicinal plant, found in trans-Indus regions, India, Pakistan, Algeria, Morocco, Afghanistan and Baluchistan (Anon 1956, Younis et al 2016. In India, it is mostly occurs in the inner dry tracts of Western Himalayas especially in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh and Chamoli district of Uttarakhand (Negi and Sharma 2015; Kumar 2016; Kukreti et al 2022). It is a large deciduous shrub to medium sized tree up to 8m height and it occurs in tree form in its lower distribution range; however, it exists in shrubby form with the rise in altitude in interior parts of cold desert areas (Troup 1921;Negi and Sharma 2015).…”

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“…Afghan ash fruits are elongated samaras which are borne in clusters, winged, single-seeded. The length of the samara varies from 2.5 to 7.5 cm (Kukreti et al 2022). Fraxinus xanthoxyloides is a multipurpose tree species that is widely used for making agricultural implements, tool handles, walking sticks and consumed as fuel wood and it is also lopped for fodder (Troup 1921).…”

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“…The different parts of this plant viz., leaves, roots and bark, etc. is utilize to cure patients of malaria, pneumonia and jaundice (Kukreti et al 2022). Till date, very less systematic work has been done in India on the population structure and natural regeneration of Fraxinus xanthoxyloides.…”

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The present study was conducted in West Himalayan Dry Juniper Forest, in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand and Dry Broadleaved and Coniferous Forest, Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India, to investigate the population structure and regeneration status of Afghan Ash tree species. The results of population status of the Afghan ash in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh indicated the dominance of F. xanthoxyloides. In Uttarakhand, maximum IVI value of F. xanthoxyloides was recorded in Malari (170.26), followed by Jhelum (160.13), whereas in Himachal Pradesh, maximum IVI value 161.50 was recorded in Ribba, while, in Jhangi site 128.68 IVI value was recorded. Density and total basal area in all the sites of the Afghan ash ranged from 344.44 individuals ha− 1 to 482.22 individuals ha− 1 and 18.77 m2 ha− 1 to 35.65 m2 ha− 1, respectively. The natural regeneration status of F. xanthoxyloides was found to be quite good in all the selected sites/ranges. The maximum number of seedlings were recorded from Himachal Pradesh with (837.78 individual’s ha− 1) in Jangi, while minimum number of seedlings per hectare (70.37 individual’s ha− 1) was recorded in Jhelum, Uttarakhand. The reverse J-shaped curve was observed in all the CBH classes which signify regeneration at the stand level was good and maximum portion of curve with more than one-half of the individual’s occurrence was found to be higher between the girth classes 10.1–20 cm to 20.1–30 cm and decreased with the increase of girth in all the study stands. Anthropogenic disturbances resulted to be declined in populations of Afghan ash and may lead this species to endangered, rare and threatened categories. Therefore, proper conservation and management initiatives with active involvement of local people are urgent need to protect this keystone plant species in their habitat particularly in cold desert regions of Western Himalayas.

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“…Simultaneous biochar application with manures has little research attention, particularly its effects on soil structural stability [33]. The corncob biochar co-applied with farmyard manure and NPK in sub-Saharan Africa showed improvements in the soil's chemical properties [34].…”

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Impacted Application of Water-Hyacinth-Derived Biochar and Organic Manures on Soil Properties and Barley Growth

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The biochar application can improve the physiochemical properties of both sandy and clayey loam soils and is considered a potential adaptation tool toward climate change. Therefore, the current study is novel in combining water-hyacinth-derived biochar with organic manures as a suggested effective way of treating the soil with biochar under arid and semiarid conditions. Water hyacinth weeds were slow pyrolyzed at a temperature of 300 °C, which resulted in nonalkaline biochar with a pH value of 6.31, which is suitable for alkaline soils. A pot experiment was established to study the impact of the solo application of nonalkaline water-hyacinth-derived biochar (WHB) and its combined application with farmyard (WHB/FM) and poultry manure (WHB/PM) at a rate of 1.5 and 3%, respectively, on some chemical and physical properties of sandy and clay loam soils and some barley’s growth parameters. WHB, WHB/FM, and WHB/PM significantly affected the soil pH at different application rates (1.5 and 3%) in sandy soil. A considerable alteration in water-stable aggregates (WSA), dispersion ratio (DR), available water content (AWC), and cation ratio of soil structural stability (CROSS) index resulted from combining manures (FM and PM) with biochar better than the solo application of biochar. WHB/PM treatments had a superior effect in improving barley’s growth. Relative increases were by 37.3 and 11.0% in plant height and by 61.6 and 28.5% in the dry matter in sandy and clayey loam soils, respectively. Under the conditions of this study, we can conclude that treating the soil with WHB/PM at a rate of 1.5 and 3% is the most effective application. The current study may have a vital role in Egyptian agriculture sustainability by enhancing the soil characteristics of the old agricultural and the newly reclaimed lands.

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Ethnomedicinal Uses of <I>Fraxinus xanthoxyloides</I> (Afghan Ash): A Review

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Tree species diversity, distribution and population structure of Fraxinus xanthoxyloides in Western Himalayas

Tree species diversity, distribution and population structure of Fraxinus xanthoxyloides in Western Himalayas

Impacted Application of Water-Hyacinth-Derived Biochar and Organic Manures on Soil Properties and Barley Growth

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