Sanskrit: Paanduraphalika, Bhuriphali
BN: Securinega leucopyrus (Flueggea leucopyrus)
FN: Euphorbiaceae
English: Spinous fluggea
Kannada: Bili shooli gida, Sooli
Thamizh: Madhuppullaanthi, Pulanji, Vellaipoolaa
Malayalam: Mulpulanji, Amboorippachila
Systems of Medicine: Folk, Unani, Ayurveda
Medicinal Uses: The plant is sweet, cooling, diuretic, aphrodisiac, tonic.
-Useful in vitiated conditions of Pitta, burning sensation, strangury, seminal weakness and general debility.
-Leaves act as a disinfectant(antiseptic) and its paste is used by the tribes to extract any extraneous materials from body tissues without surgery.
-Juice or paste of leaves used along with tobacco to destroy worms in sores.
-Plant is used as a wonderful medicine in Menstrual disorders.
Phytochemicals: Bark contains 10% tannins and it is toxic
Looking forward for further updates from other members...
Thank you Dinesh Ji for giving the vernacular names of theplant...most of them sounds correct..am not sure with a few names..
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Acidoton leucopyrus (Willdenow) Kuntze; Cicca leucopyrus (Willendow) Kurz; Flueggea wallichiana Baillon; F. xerocarpa A. Jussieu; Phyllanthus leucopyrus (Willdenow) J. Koenig ex Roxburgh; Securinega leucopyrus (Willdenow) Müller Argoviensis.
Shrubs 1.5-4 m tall, erect; branches terete or obtusely angular when young, gray, prominently lenticellate; ultimate branchlets spine-tipped, terete, rigid. Stipules triangular, 0.5-1 mm; petiole 2-8 mm, grooved adaxially; leaf blade elliptic, obovate, or rotund, 13-25 × 10-15 mm, papery to thinly leathery, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, apex rounded; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Inflorescences axillary, appearing with expanding leaves or at leafless nodes, cymose. Male flowers: pedicels 2-5 mm; sepals 5, ovate or rotund, 0.6-1.2 × 0.6-1.2 mm, margins entire or denticulate; disk segments 5, angular; stamens 5; filaments 0.8-1.8 mm; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm; rudimentary ovary 0.6-1.2 mm high, 2- or 3-lobed, lobes erect or recurved. Female flowers: pedicels 1.2-2.8 mm; sepals 5, elliptic or ovate, 0.6-0.8 mm; disk annular, subentire at apex; ovary ovoid, 2- or 3-locular; styles 0.6-0.9 mm, connate at base, bifid at apex. Berry subglobose, ca. 4 mm in diam., whitish when ripe. Seeds brownish, 1.9-2.5 mm, smooth; hilum invaginated. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Jul-Oct.
Thank You,
Tanay ji for giving the botanical description of the plant with the
different synonymous botanical names...
with both the botanical & medicinal aspects followed by regional names
the purpose of bodhi-nighantu seems to be partially
fulfilled...Looking forward for similar descriptions to every new post.
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sir, Iam very much interested in this herb. please share if this herb has any refference in indian classics. or in indian meteria medica. is it grown in india ?? from where i can get this herb ??
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