Pterospermum acerifolium Health Dictionary

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Willd.

Family: Sterculiaceae.

Habitat: Maharashtra, Manipur, North Bengal, Bihar and Assam, Western Ghats and Andaman Islands.

English: Hathipaila.

Ayurvedic: Muchukun- da, Muchakunda, Kshatra- vriksha, Chivuka, Prativishnuka, Muchukunda Champaa. Karnikaara (also equated with Cassia fistula).

Unani: Gul-e-Muchkun.

Siddha/Tamil: Vennangu.

Action: Flower—anti-inflammatory, styptic (used for bleeding piles, haematuria, ulcers). Charred flowers and bark, mixed with the powder of Mallotus philippinensis, are applied to smallpox eruptions.

The fresh flowers yielded kaempfe- rol- 3 - O -beta - D -galactoside, along with luteolin and its 7-O-glucoside. The leaves also contain betulin, lu- peol, bauerenol, friedelin and beta- sitosterol.

Dosage: Flower—3-6 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Pterospermum Canescens

Roxb.

Synonym: P suberifolium Lam. non-Roxb.

Family: Sterculiaceae.

Habitat: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, occasionally planted in West Bengal.

Ayurvedic: Muchukunda (var.)

Siddha/Tamil: Sempulavu.

Action: Flowers—anodyne; a paste with rice-water and vinegar is used externally in migraine. Leaves— applied externally in headache.

Flowers gave arachidic, linoleic, my- ristic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids and beta-sitosterol, kaempferol-3- beta-D-galactoside and kaempferol- 3-rutinoside. The flavonoids present in the leaves are kaempferol-3-beta-D- galactoside, kaempferol, quercetin and its 3-O-arabinoside and 3-O-rhamno- side. The leaves also contain betulin, beta-amyrin, lupeol, bauerenol, friede- lin, taraxerone and beta-sitosterol.... pterospermum canescens

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