Launaea mucronata Health Dictionary

Launaea Mucronata: From 1 Different Sources

(Forsk.) Muschler.

Synonym: L. chondrilloides Hook. f.

Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.

Habitat: Western India, Punjab and Sind.

Folk: Dudh-phad (Rajasthan).

Action: Plant—galactagogue. A decoction is administered in constipation.

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Launaea Pinnatifida

Cass.

Synonym: L. sarmentosa (Willd.) Alston.

Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.

Habitat: Sandy coasts of India.

Ayurvedic: Gojihvaa, Golomikaa. (Gaozabaan, used in Unani medicine, is equated with Bor- aginaceae sp.)

Folk: Vana-gobhi; Paathri (Maharashtra).

Action: Plant—galactagogue, soporific, diuretic, aperient.... launaea pinnatifida

Rhizophora Mucronata

Lam.

Family: Rhizophoraceae.

Habitat: The Sunderbans and along the Coromandel Coast and the Andamans.

English: True Mangrove.

Siddha/Tamil: Peykkandal, Kandal, Sorapinnai.

Folk: Kamo (Bengal), Kandal (Maharashtra).

Action: Bark—astringent. Used in the treatment of haemorrhages, haematuria.

The leaves contain 9.1, unripe fruits 12.0, ripe fruits 4.2, twig bark 9-12, and wood 7-14% tannins.

The leaves gave campesterol, cholesterol, 28-isofucosterol, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol and stigmast-7-en-3 betaol. The plant gave alpha-and beta- amyrins, betulin, lupeol, oleanolic and ursolic acids; gibberellins have also been reported.

Honey collected from the flowers is reported to be poisonous.

R. apiculata Blume, also known as Kandal, is found mixed up with R. mucronata in the tidal marshes of India and the Andamans.... rhizophora mucronata

Launaea mucronata Health Dictionary

Launaea Mucronata: From 1 Different Sources

Launaea Pinnatifida

Rhizophora Mucronata

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