Paanduraphali - Securinega leucopyrus

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...

Flueggea leucopyrus (the current name) ... commonly known as: bushweed, cool pot, Indian snow berry, thermacole plant, white honey shrub • Hindi: ¿ ऐंटा ainta ? • Konkani: parpo • Malayalam: ചെരിംക്ലാവ് cerimklaav • Marathi: पांढरफळी pandharphali • Sanskrit: भूरिफली bhuriphali, पान्डुफली panduphali, श्वेतकम्बुज shwetakambuja • Tamil: வறட்பூலா varat-pula, வெள்ளைப்பூலாஞ்சி vellai-p-pulanci • Telugu: పులుగుడు pulugudu


Regards.

Thank you Dinesh Ji for giving the vernacular names of the
plant...most of them sounds correct..am not sure with a few names..

Mnay thanks Hari ji.
I urge all member friends to validate the names that are compiled from the internet, especially please point out errors if any.

Regards.

Dear hari Ji,
Another great set of photos .Thank you for sharing!!!
Dear Dinesh ji ,
I think you are right!!!! I am adding the botanical description of the plant.

Flueggea leucopyrus Willdenow, Sp

Euphorbiaceae

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.

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Tanay

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Dear members,

Dear Sir,

Dear Amila Munasinghe ji,
Am not very sure about published research papers in this regard. It is a very old post and could hardly recall from where i gathered this information. Do you have this plant grown in Sri Lanka / is it being used as a medicine over there??

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Dr. Hari Venkatesh. K. Rajaraman
                           M.D. (Ay).P.G.D.H.M.
Head, R & D, Sri Sri Ayurveda, Udayapura, Bangalore - 82

Dear sir,
It's okay thank you very much. This plant is grown here and people used in indigenous medicine, also currently I'm doing a research on this plant to check anticancer potential of the plant.

Thank you
 Amila

Dear Amila ji,
Its very interesting. Kindly share the results of the research with us, once done.

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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 ??

Plant available in India reported from Pune and Gujarat.
All authors mentioned below are from India.  Therefore may be available in other parts of India.

3. Published articles with abstract are reproduced below:

1. Title: In vitro antioxidant activity of chloroform extract of aerial parts of Securinega leucopyrus (willd.) Muell.
Author(s): Vidyadhar, S.; Sheela, T.; Reddy, L. S. K.; et al.
Abstract: Antioxidant activity of the aerial parts of Securinega leucopyrus was studied for its free radical scavenging property on different in vitro models e.g. DPPH, nitric oxide and hydroxyl radical scavenging activity by using chloroform extract. The phytochemical screening has shown the presences of Steroids, Alkaloids, Triterpenoids, Flavonoids and Tannins. In vitro antioxidant activity revealed that the chloroform extract showed more activity. The present study on Securinega leucopyrus showed that the plant has moderate anti oxidant activity and it was compared with standard vitamin E.
Source: Der Pharmacia Lettre  Volume: 2   Issue: 6   Pages: 252-256   Published: 2010

Link to free full text:
http://scholarsresearchlibrary.com/DPL-vol2-iss6/DPL-2010-2-6-252-256.pdf

 2.  Title: Antimicrobial activity of Securinega leucopyrus
Author(s): Bakshu, L; Ram, AJ; Raju, RRV
Abstract: Extracts of the leaves of Securinega leucopyrus exhibited a broad spectrum Of antimicrobial activity.
Source: FITOTERAPIA  Volume: 72   Issue: 8   Pages: 930-933  
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0367-326X(01)00341-0   Published: DEC 2001

3. Title: Isolation, Frequency Distribution And Diversity Of Novel Fungal Endophytes in securinega leucopyrus from sanganer region of rajasthan
Author: Kartikeya Tiwari
Abstract: A total of ten plant samples of Securinega leucopyrus (Ghat-bor) were collected from specific locations of Sanganer region of Rajasthan for isolation of fungal endophytes. Of these, maximum frequency of Colletotrichum gleosporioides (24.94 %) were recorded which are morphologically similar but ecologically variant. The present paper discusses the diversity of Colletotrichum gleospoirioides within the Securinega leucopyrus plant samples on the basis of frequency distribution and occurrence

International Journal of Integrative sciences, Innovation and Technology, Sec. B, Dec. 2012, Vol. 1, Iss 5, pg 40-43

Link to free full text:
www.freewebs.com/ijiit/documents/120105B07.pdf
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Radha Krishna Reddy
Central Council for Research in Siddha
Chennai - 600106

Dear sir,