Gaudich.
Family: Urticaceae.
Habitat: Tropical Himalayas from Nepal eastwards, Bihar, Chota Nagpur, Bengal, Assam, Anaimalai Hills and Western Ghats in Kerala.
English: Devil Nettle, Fever Nettle.
Siddha/Tamil: Perunkanchori.
Folk: Utigun, Chorpaat (Bengal). (Uttangan is equated with Blepharis edulis Pers.)
Action: Root—juice used in chronic fevers. Roots and leaves are applied to swellings and abscesses.
Roxb.
Synonym: Hesperethusa crenulata (Roxb.) M. Roem.
Family: Rutaceae.
Habitat: Throughout India, from Punjab and Kumaon eastwards; in Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and South India.
Ayurvedic: Bilvaparni.
Siddha/Tamil: Nayvila.
Folk: Ran-limbu, Naringi (Mum- bai), Tondsha (Maharashtra), Beli, Bainthaa.
Action: Dried fruit—stomachic; used in pestilent fevers, also as an antidote to poisons. Root— purgative, sudorific.
The plant showed anti-inflammatory activity which was attributed to 8- hydroxy-6-methoxy-2-methyl-anthra- quinone-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside in animal studies.The leaves contain an essential oil; major constituents are geraniol, alpha- and beta-pinene, 1,8-cineole, elemol acetate, linool, alpha-terpinolene, camphor, eudesmol, p-cymene, cam- phane, azulene, borneol acetate, alpha- terpenol, alpha-curcumene, alpha thu- jone, limolene, myrcene and beta- ocimene.Leaves also contain anthraquinones and dalbargin galactopyranoside.... limonia crenulata
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