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| image = Miliusa tomentosa.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Leaves and flowers of ''Miliusa tomentosa''<br />
| genus = Miliusa<br />
| species = tomentosa<br />
| authority = ([[William Roxburgh|Roxb.]]) [[J.Sinclair]]<br />
| synonyms =<br />
*''Uvaria tomentosa'' Roxb.<br />
*''Saccopetalum tomentosum'' Hook.f. & Thomson<br />
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'''''Miliusa tomentosa''''' is a large [[deciduous]] tree with 15–20 metre height.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ephotocorp.com/lightbox/index/detail/3107/immature,-fruit,-fruits,-miliu.html|title=Welcome ephotocorp.com - BlueHost.com|website=www.ephotocorp.com}}</ref> It is commonly known as '''wooly miliusa'''.<ref>https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Woolly%20Miliusa.html</ref> The native range of this species is the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60459481-2|title=''Miliusa tomentosa'' (Roxb.) Finet & Gagnep. &#124; Plants of the World Online &#124; Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online}}</ref> It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry [[Tropical rainforest|tropical biome]]. <br/><br />
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== Description ==<br />
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Woolly miliusa is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 20 m tall. Bark is blackish brown. Leaves are thick leathery, ovate, oblong, 4–10 cm long, 2–5.5 cm broad, smooth above, softly hairy below, base rounded, margin entire, tip pointed, leaf-stalk 2–5 mm. Flowers are greenish, 1.5 cm across, solitary or in pairs opposite the leaf. Sepals are about 4 mm long, linear-lanceshaped. Petals are 3+3, about 6 mm long, outer petals sepal-like, inner ones oblong to obovate. Fruits are dark purple, nearly spherical, 8–17 arranged in a ring, 2–3 cm across, stalk 1–1.5 cm long, seeds 3–4. It flowers from May to June.<ref>https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Woolly%20Miliusa.html</ref> <br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
It belongs to the family Annonaceae. <br />
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== Biochemistry ==<br />
A qualitative preliminary phytochemical analysis of dried leaves of this plant revealed the presence of carbohydrate, protein, cardiac glycoside, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, anthraquinones, tannins, quinines and inorganic compounds.<ref>Khalid, L. P., Pulate, P. V., & Wagay, N. A. (2017). PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF MILIUSA TOMENTOSA (ROXB.) J. SINCLAIR BY USING VARIOUS ORGANIC SOLVENTS. European Journal of Biomedical, 4(05), 276–281.</ref> <br />
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== Uses ==<br />
The oil from its seeds is used in [[Chinese traditional medicine]] for its antibacterial and analgesic properties.<ref>Huong, D.T., Van, N.T.H., Kamperdick, C., Anh, N.T.H. and Sung, T.V. (2008). Two New Bis-styrylCompounds from Miliusa balansae" ChemInform, 10: 1002.</ref><br />
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== Insect food plant ==<br />
Butterflies such as the [[tawny rajah]], [[tailed jay]], [[common jay]], [[spot swordtail]], and [[narrow banded bluebottle]] feed on the leaves of this tree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/miliusa-tomentosa|title=''Miliusa tomentosa'' &#124; Butterfly|website=www.ifoundbutterflies.org}}</ref><br />
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