Linn.Family: Euphorbiaceae.
Habitat: Native to South America. Naturalized in various parts of India.
English: Coral plant, Physic Nut.Ayurvedic: Brihat-Danti (bigger var. of Danti, also equated with Baliospermum montanum).Folk: Danti (var.).Action: Seeds—purgative, emetic. Fruits—poisonous. Leaves—used for scabies. Latex—applied to wounds and ulcers.
The latex from the plant showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococ- cus aureus. It contains immunologi- cally active acylphloroglucinols, mul- tifidol, phloroglucinol and multifidol beta-D-glucopyranoside. The latex also contains an immunologically active, cyclic decapeptide, labaditin.J. panduraefolia Andr. (native to America), widely grown in Indian gardens, is known as Fiddle-leaved Jat- ropha. The latex from the plant shows fungitoxic activity against ringworm fungus, Microsporum gypseum.
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