Embelia ribes Burm.f.
Family: Primulaceae
Synonyms: Antidesma grossularia Raeusch., Antidesma ribes (Burm.f.) Raeusch., Ardisia tenuiflora Blume, Calispermum scandens Lam., Embelia burmanni Retz., Embelia dentata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid], Embelia garciniifolia Wall. ex Ridl., Embelia glandulifera Wight, Embelia indica J.F.Gmel., Embelia paniculata Moon, Embelia ribes var. ribes, Embelia ribes subsp. ribes, Embelia sumatrana Miq., Ribesiodes ribes (Burm. f.) Kuntze, Samara ribes (Burm. f.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Kurz
- English: False black pepper, Malabar embelia, worm killer (trade name)
- Chinese: 水林果
- Cambodia: chou pruc
- Gujarati: આંબટી ambati, વાવડિંગ vavding
- Hindi: बायबिरंग baibirang
- Indonesia: aka sekileng, areuj katjembang, kacembang
- Kannada: ವಾಯಿವುಳಂಗ vayivulanga
- Kashmiri: Babading
- Konkani: आंबटी ambati
- Laos: reut jeum bang
- Malayalam: അമ്മിമുറിയൻ ammimuriyan, ബസാൾ basaal, ചെറിയകൊട്ടം cheriya kottam, ഈഷാൽ eeshaal, കാട്ടുവിഴാൽ kaattu vizhaal, മരക്കീര marakkeera, വലിയ വിഴാലരി valiya vizhaalari
- Malay: Pokok Akar Asam Kumbang, akar sulur kerang
- Marathi: आंबटी ambati
- Nepali: भ्याभिदङ्ग bhyabhidanga
- Oriya: Bidanga, Vidanga
- Punjabi: ਬਾਇਬਿੰਡਗ
- Sanskrit: विडङ्ग vidanga
- Tamil: வாயுவிளங்கம் vayu-vilankam
- Telugu: వాయువిడంగం
- Thailand: som kung
- Urdu: Baobarang, Babrang
Description: Shrubs scandent. Branchlets angled, longitudinally ridged, densely tawny or rusty papillose-tomentose. Petiole 5-10 mm, marginate to base; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or narrowly obovate, (3.5-)5-8(-10) × (1.5-)3-3.5 cm, papery, leathery or rarely cartilaginous, glabrous, pellucid or black punctate, base cuneate or rounded, margin revolute, entire, apex acuminate, rarely subacute; lateral veins inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal, pinnately pyramidal paniculate, (6-) 10-l5(-30) cm; bracts subulate or lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm, sparsely puberulent abaxially, black punctate-lineate, margin entire, sparsely glandular puberulent, apex subulate. Flowers greenish or white, (4 or)5-merous, papery, staminate 2-2.5 mm, pistillate 1.5-2 mm. Pedicel (2-)3-3.5 mm in staminate, 1.5-2.5 mm in pistillate, sparsely to densely papillose puberulent. Sepals deltate, pellucid-punctate, glandular papillose adaxially and on margin, apex acuminate. Petals free, elliptic or oblong, papery, pellucid punctate, densely glandular granulose inside, margin entire, long glandular papillose, apex acute to obtuse. Stamens subequalling petals or slightly exserted to 1 mm in staminate and 2/3 petal length in pistillate; anthers ovate or oblong, base sagittate, apex rounded, connective black punctate. Ovary glabrous. Stigma capitate or 2- or 3-lobed. Fruit red or scarlet, globose or ovoid,(2-)3-4 (-5) mm in diam., smooth, wrinkled when dry, densely black punctate.
Anthelmintic, alterative, astringent, carminative, stimulant and tonic. Used in colic, constipation, flatulence and worms. [Advances in Medicinal Plants]
Used in worm infestations, flatulence, colic, and diseases of the abdomen (therapeutic uses based on texts from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries). According to Charaka and Sushruta (1000 bc), Vidanga is the best remedy for worms and excels as an anthelmintic (given in the early morning during fasting, with milk or syrup, followed by a purgative). Embelin impairs spermatogenesis and reduces sperm count. It is reported to be effective against tapeworm, as well as in giardiasis. [Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs: Expanded Therapeutics]
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Fruits stomachic, nervine tonic, tonic, antifertility, acrid, astringent, alterative, anthelmintic, molluscicidal, for piles, leprosy, skin diseases, constipation, indigestion, colic, flatulence; a paste is locally applied against tapeworm, ringworm; dry fruits decoction used in fevers, chest pain and skin diseases, and as mouth wash in decay of teeth; dried powdered fruits anthelmintic, astringent, tonic, taken to kill worms in stomach, used in scorpion sting and snakebite. Seed powder in headache. A roots infusion to treat coughs, indigestion, flatulence, colic, stomachache and diarrhea. Powder made from dried bark of the root a remedy for toothache. The crushed fresh bark used to repel leeches, and as a fish poison; leaves and bark juice as fish poison. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Garhwali and Tribes of North-east India: Seed: in skin diseases, ringworms, leprosy; Ethnic Communities of Kamrup (Assam): Fruit: in stomach complaints; Matsya Purana: important medicinal plant; Agni Purana: beneficial for gastroenteritis, cirrhosis of liver, oedema, skin diseases including leprosy and effective in killing worms in alimentary canal; Vijacintamanitantra: consumption of powdered fruit along with fruits of Emblica officinalis, honey and sesame-oil improves quality of sperms; Bhavaprakasha: it is pungent, removes morbidity, impi'Oves blood circulation, stimulates appetite, acts against phlegm, makes the body light, kills worms of all types; Rajanighantu: it is pungent, hot, light, enhances balance between wind and phlegm, beneficial in anorexia and improves digestive power; Siddha: Dried fruits are used to prepare the drug Vaivitankam. Plant: cures abdominal tumors, and anemias, cystic tumors, pyorrhoea, useful against tape worms; EtOH extract of plant: slightly active against E coli; one of the constituents of 'Gasex', and some oral contraceptives; Fruit: cures dental, oral, throat troubles except cancer of lips and ptyslism, constituent of some quick aboriticide; Aqueous extract of fruit: pronounced antifertility activity, anthelmintic against earthworms; Fruit- powder: expels tapeworms within 6-24 hours, if taken with curd in empty stomach, effective against giardia; Seed: antibiotic, anthelmintic, antituberculosis, alterative and stimulative. [Horticultural, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]
Ascaricidal, anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, febrifuge. Used in diseases of chest and skin. Active principles are found to be oestrogenic and weakly progestogenic. Root—bechic, antidiarrhoeal. Seed—spermicidal, oxytocic, diuretic. The plant is also used for its blood purifying properties. It is an ingredient in cough syrups, preparations for anaemia, genitourinary tract infections, diarrhoea and diseases of the liver. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
The seeds of Embelia ribes Burm. f. are eaten to expel intestinal worms in several Asian countries. In Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, the seeds are used to expel intestinal worms. The dried leaves are used to heal pimples and boils. In India, the seeds are used to relieve the bowels of costiveness and to expel intestinal worms. Embelia (British pharmaceutical Codex, 1934), or the dried fruits which must contain about 2.5% of embelin, was used to expel intestinal worms (dose: 4 g–16 g; 60–240 grains) in Western medicine. [Medicinal Plants: Drugs For The Future? ]
Used in worm infestations, flatulence, colic, and diseases of the abdomen (therapeutic uses based on texts from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries). According to Charaka and Sushruta (1000 bc), Vidanga is the best remedy for worms and excels as an anthelmintic (given in the early morning during fasting, with milk or syrup, followed by a purgative). Embelin impairs spermatogenesis and reduces sperm count. It is reported to be effective against tapeworm, as well as in giardiasis. [Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs: Expanded Therapeutics]
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Fruits stomachic, nervine tonic, tonic, antifertility, acrid, astringent, alterative, anthelmintic, molluscicidal, for piles, leprosy, skin diseases, constipation, indigestion, colic, flatulence; a paste is locally applied against tapeworm, ringworm; dry fruits decoction used in fevers, chest pain and skin diseases, and as mouth wash in decay of teeth; dried powdered fruits anthelmintic, astringent, tonic, taken to kill worms in stomach, used in scorpion sting and snakebite. Seed powder in headache. A roots infusion to treat coughs, indigestion, flatulence, colic, stomachache and diarrhea. Powder made from dried bark of the root a remedy for toothache. The crushed fresh bark used to repel leeches, and as a fish poison; leaves and bark juice as fish poison. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Garhwali and Tribes of North-east India: Seed: in skin diseases, ringworms, leprosy; Ethnic Communities of Kamrup (Assam): Fruit: in stomach complaints; Matsya Purana: important medicinal plant; Agni Purana: beneficial for gastroenteritis, cirrhosis of liver, oedema, skin diseases including leprosy and effective in killing worms in alimentary canal; Vijacintamanitantra: consumption of powdered fruit along with fruits of Emblica officinalis, honey and sesame-oil improves quality of sperms; Bhavaprakasha: it is pungent, removes morbidity, impi'Oves blood circulation, stimulates appetite, acts against phlegm, makes the body light, kills worms of all types; Rajanighantu: it is pungent, hot, light, enhances balance between wind and phlegm, beneficial in anorexia and improves digestive power; Siddha: Dried fruits are used to prepare the drug Vaivitankam. Plant: cures abdominal tumors, and anemias, cystic tumors, pyorrhoea, useful against tape worms; EtOH extract of plant: slightly active against E coli; one of the constituents of 'Gasex', and some oral contraceptives; Fruit: cures dental, oral, throat troubles except cancer of lips and ptyslism, constituent of some quick aboriticide; Aqueous extract of fruit: pronounced antifertility activity, anthelmintic against earthworms; Fruit- powder: expels tapeworms within 6-24 hours, if taken with curd in empty stomach, effective against giardia; Seed: antibiotic, anthelmintic, antituberculosis, alterative and stimulative. [Horticultural, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]
Ascaricidal, anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, febrifuge. Used in diseases of chest and skin. Active principles are found to be oestrogenic and weakly progestogenic. Root—bechic, antidiarrhoeal. Seed—spermicidal, oxytocic, diuretic. The plant is also used for its blood purifying properties. It is an ingredient in cough syrups, preparations for anaemia, genitourinary tract infections, diarrhoea and diseases of the liver. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
The seeds of Embelia ribes Burm. f. are eaten to expel intestinal worms in several Asian countries. In Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, the seeds are used to expel intestinal worms. The dried leaves are used to heal pimples and boils. In India, the seeds are used to relieve the bowels of costiveness and to expel intestinal worms. Embelia (British pharmaceutical Codex, 1934), or the dried fruits which must contain about 2.5% of embelin, was used to expel intestinal worms (dose: 4 g–16 g; 60–240 grains) in Western medicine. [Medicinal Plants: Drugs For The Future? ]
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