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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Kydia calycina, pulia, pola, warang, Motihirwani



Kydia calycina Roxb.
Family: Malvaceae

Synonyms: Kydia fraterna Roxb., Kydia roxburghiana Wight

  • Common name: Kydia
  • Assamese: পিছোলা Pichhola, কুকুহা Kukuha
  • Bengali: পোলা Pola
  • Chinese: 桤的木
  • Gujarati: મોટી હીરવણી Motihirwani
  • Hindi: bharanga, bhoti, illya, potari, pula, पुलिया pulia
  • Kannada: ಬೆಮ್ದೆ bende, benda, bendi
  • Konkani: वारंग warang
  • Malayalam: കാട്ടാവണക്ക് വെളളടച്ച, kaattaavanakk velalatacci, വീമ്പ് viimp, vellachadachi, velukku
  • Manipuri: খাবী Khabi
  • Marathi: रान भेंडी ranbhendi, वरंग warang
  • Oriya: Bankopasia
  • Sikkimese: Kubinde
  • Tamil: Bendi, பூலா pula, vattakannu, vendai
  • Telugu: bolka, eruku tada, konda-podari, konda patti, pacha botuku, పోతరి potari
  • Urdu: Kapasia

Description: Trees 10-20 m tall. Branchlets terete, densely brownish stellate pubescent. Petiole 2-4 cm, stellate pilose; leaf blade nearly round, usually palmately 3-5-lobed, 6-14 × 5-11 cm, abaxially densely gray stellate woolly, adaxially stellate pilose, palmate veins 5-7, base rounded or nearly cordate, margin sparsely denticulate, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences densely gray stellate puberulent. Flowers ca. 1.6 cm in diam. Epicalyx lobes 4(or 6), oblong, ca. 4 mm. Calyx shallowly cup-shaped, connate for 1/2 length, lobes 5, triangular, nearly as long as epicalyx. Petals reddish, obcordate, apex glandularly fimbriate. Capsule globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., persistent epicalyx lobes obovate-oblong, 1-1.5 × 0.5-0.9 cm, stellate tomentose. Seeds reniform, glandularly veined, glabrous. Fl. Sep-Nov.

Leaves for skin diseases, abscess, wounds, cuts, boils, leaf paste  applied  to  the  body  to  get  relief  from  pain;  leaves chewed to overcome the deficiency of saliva and for stomatitis; leaf decoction eaten for reducing the temperature of the body. Root febrifuge, and for rheumatism. Veterinary medicine, stem bark decoction given to cattle for dyspepsia. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

Plant—mucilaginous, anti-inflammatory, febrifuge. Leaf and root—anti-rheumatic. The leaves stimulate saliva. A paste of leaves is applied in body pains, used in poultices for skin diseases. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

10 Published articles of Kydia calycina
1.    Elemental analysis and anticariogenic activity of flowers of Calycopteris floribunda, H.b.a.K.c.K., K. A. R., et al., Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry, 2013. 6(7): p. 623-627.
2.    Hepatoprotective effect of methanolic extract of the leaves of Kydia calycina on carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats Parameshwar, H., et al., African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2011. 5(16): p. 1920-1924.
3.    Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of leaf extract of Kydia calycina Roxb Bhukya, B., et al., Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2009. 4(2): p. 101-104.
4.    CYCLOPROPENOID AND FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION OF KYDIA-CALYCINA SEED OIL Daulatabad, C.D., R.F. Ankalagi, and V.A. Desai, Fett Wissenschaft Technologie-Fat Science Technology, 1989. 91(6): p. 237-238.
5.    A SESQUITERPENOID NAPHTHOL FROM KYDIA-CALYCINA Joshi, K.C., P. Singh, and S. Taneja, Planta Medica, 1983. 49(2): p. 127-127.
6.    A short note on studies on the treatability of Eucalyptus spp, G.a.a.K.c.S., J. S. and R.P. Sharma, Journal of the Timber Development Association of India, 1976. 22(3): p. 14-25.
7.    Anatomical and chemical characteristics of Indian hardwoods with special reference to their suitability for pulp. Part I-(1) Dillenia pentagyna, K.c., (3) Stereospermum suaveolens Chinchole, P. R. and N.S. Mehta, Indian Pulp and Paper, 1967. 21(9): p. 567-75.
8.    Rayon grade pulp from Indian hardwoods. Part II-Processing of Kydia calycina (Pula) Gupta, M.K., Indian Pulp and Paper, 1966. 21(6): p. 403-6.
9.    Chemical pulps for writing and printing papers from Kydia calycina Roxb. (Pula) Saxena, V.B., Indian Pulp and Paper, 1964. 18(8): p. 459-61.
10.    Herbal composition useful for providing relief from muscular pain comprises blend of herbal extracts of aerial parts of Kalanchoe pinnata, K.c., Fagopyrum esculentum, Achyranthes aspera; and bark of Oroxylum indicum, and seed oil Prakash, D., et al. Univ Amity.

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