(Finnish / Scottish) One who bears light / from a protected place Ailia, Aili, Ailie
Aelani, Aelaney, Ailana, Ailanah, Ailanie, Ailany, Ailaney, Ailanea, Ailaneah... ailani
Habitat: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa and southern India.
English: Tree of Heaven, Maharukh.Ayurvedic: Aralu, Katvanga, Dirghavranta, Puutivrksha, Bhallu- ka. (Mahaanimba is a synonym of Melia azedarach Linn.)Siddha: Perru, Perumaruttu, Peruppi.Action: Bark—bitter, astringent, febrifuge, anthelminitic, antispas- modic, expectorant (used in asthma, bronchitis). Also used for dysentery as a substitute for Holarrhena antidysenterica.
Bark and leaves—used as tonic in debility, especially after childbirth. Leaves—used as adulterant for Ad- hatoda zeylanica leaves.Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of stembark in high fevers and giddiness.The bark contains several quassi- noids including ailanthone derivatives. They exhibit antitumour activity against P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia and are cytotoxic against KB test system.Dosage: Stembark—1-3 g (API Vol. III.) Decoction—50-100 ml. (CCRAS.)... ailanthus excelsaHabitat: Native of China and Japan. Found in the hills of northern India up to an altitude of 2,400 m.
English: Tree of Heaven, Ailanto.Ayurvedic: Aralu (related sp.).Action: Bark—astringent, anti- spasmodic, parasiticidal, narcotic, cardiac depressant (exercises powerful depressing influence on nervous system similar to that of tobacco).
Leaves produce dermatitis; their accumulation in well-water produces chronic gastritis.Many quassinoids and ailanthone derivatives are vermifuge and amoe- bicidal. Constituents of the bark and stem, particularly ailanthone, have an- timalarial activity in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum and in mice against P. berghei. (Alkaloids do not appear to have these properties.) Some quassinoids are antineoplastic, and are reported to have antileukaemic properties.The rootbark is used in traditional Chinese medicine for dysentery and leucorrhoea. In Africa, rootbark is used in epilepsy.... ailanthus glandulosaHabitat: The evergreen forests of western Ghats from Konkan southwards.
Siddha: Perumaram.Folk: Guggul-dhuupa. (Maharashtra.)Action: Bark—febrifuge, carminative (given in typhoid, dyspepsia and constipation). Oleo resin— used for dysentery and bronchitis.
The bark and roots give a number of beta-carboline alkaloids. The resin- uous exudates from trunk give several triterpenoids, including malabaricol and malabaricanediol.... ailanthus malabarica
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