(Medic.) Kuntze.
Synonym: K. brasiliensis Cambress. K. spathulata Roxb.
Family: Crassulaceae.
Habitat: Tropical Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan, on Lushai hills and in the Deccan.
Ayurvedic: Parnabija (var.).
Unani: Zakhm-e-Hayaat.
Folk: Rungru, Tatara. Bakalpattaa, Patkuari (Kumaon). Hathokane (Nepal).
Action: Plant—hypotensive, antiarrhythmic.
Aqueous extract of the leaves depressed CNS and potentiated barbiturate-induced hypnosis in mice.The flowers yielded triterpenoids— friedelin, taraxerol and glutinol and a mixture of long chain hydrocarbons, n-alkanols and sterols. Kaempferol and its 3-O-rhamnoside, patuletin and patuletin-3, 7-di-O-rhamnoside, quer- cetin and quercetin-3-O-glucoside- 7-O-rhamnoside are reported from leaves and flowers.The leaves exhibit wound healing properties.
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