Linn.Family: Sterculiaceae.
Habitat: Kumaon to Sikkim, Gujarat and Peninsular India.
Siddha/Tamil: Pinnakkuppundu.Folk: Chunch, Bilpat.Action: Leaf and root—antidysen- teric. Leaf—applied as poultice for swellings of abdomen and sores.
The leaves gave flavonol glycosides, cyclopeptide alkaloids. The triter- penoids and steroids, isolated from the aerial parts, are friedelin, beta- sitosterol and its beta-D-glucoside and stearate.
Health Encyclopedia