Commelina nudiflora Health Dictionary

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Linn.

Family: Commelinaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India.

Ayurvedic: Kanchata (var.).

Folk: Kenaa (vegetable) (Maharashtra).

Action: Antidermatosis. The plant is used as a blood purifier.

Commelina diffusa Burm f; C. paludosa Blume synonym C. obliqua Buch.- Ham. and C. salicifolia Roxb. are related species of Kanchata and are known as Kenaa vegetable.

Commiphora sp. (Burseraceae).

Refer to Balsamodendron sp.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Commelina Benghalensis

Linn.

Family: Commelinaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India in moist places.

Ayurvedic: Kanchata, Karnamorata, Karnasphota.

Siddha/Tamil: Kanavazhai, Kanana- gakarai.

Folk: Kenaa (vegetable) (Maharashtra).

Action: Emollient, demulcent, laxative, diuretic, antileprotic.

The rhizomes are starchy and mucilaginous.

The plant contains n-octacosanol, n- triacontanol, n-dotriacontanol. stig- masterol, beta-sitosterol and campes- terol.... commelina benghalensis

Murdannia Nudiflora

(L.) Brenan.

Synonym: Aneilema nudiflorum (L.) Wall.

Family: Commelinaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India, in moist and marshy places; common in West Bengal.

Ayurvedic: Koshapushpi.

Folk: Kanshura.

Action: Plant—used in burns, boils and sores.... murdannia nudiflora

Trewia Nudiflora

Linn.

Family: Euphorbiaceae.

Habitat: Throughout moist and hot parts of India.

English: False White Teak, Gutel.

Ayurvedic: Shriparni, Tumri, Pindaara. Shriparni is a synonym of Gambhaari (Gmelina arborea).

Siddha/Tamil: Attarasu, Nay Kumil.

Action: Plant—antibilious, antiflat- ulent, bechic, anti-inflammatory. Root—carminative, antirheumatic.

Applied as poultice in gout and rheumatism. Plant extract showed an- tileukaemic activity.

Plant contains a pyridine alkaloid, N-methyl-5-carboxamide-2-pyridone. Leaves contain an alkaloid, nudiflor- ine.

Bark yields taraxerone and beta- sitosterol. Seeds contain an alkaloid ricinidine. The seeds also contain a maytansinoid compound, trewiasine (TWS). It exhibited significant cyto- toxic activity against various human cell lines in vitro.

The charcoal made from the wood is rich in potassium (21.16%).

Trewia polycarpa Benth. ex Hook. f. (Western Ghats, Konkan and Kerala) is also a related species of Tumri.... trewia nudiflora

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