Sterculia foetida L.Family: Malvaceae
Common name: Java Olive, Peon, Poon Tree, Wild Indian Almond, Sterculia nut
Bengali: জংগলী বাদাম jungli badam, বাক্স বাদাম baksho baadaam
Hindi: जंगली बादाम jangali badam
Kannada: bhatala penari
Konkani: कुवें रुक kuvem ruk, नागिन nagin
Malayalam: പിണര് pinar, പീനാറി pinari, പൊട്ടക്കാവളം pottakkavalam, മലംപരത്തി malamparaththi
Marathi: जंगलीबादाम jangalibadam, पुनव punava
Sanskrit: पुतिदारु putidaru, वित्खदिर vitkhadirah
Tamil: குதிரைப்பிடுக்கன் kutiraippitukkan, பீநாறி pinari
Telugu: అడవిబాదము adavibadamu, గుర్రపుబాదము gurrapubadamu, మంచిపొణకు manciponaku
Uses: Injuries caused by irritating hairs on the inside the fruits; seeds are edible, they have a purgative effect if consumed in large quantities. Bark and young leaves decoction diuretic, diaphoretic, abortifacient. Fresh leaf juice insect repellent. Fruit decoction astringent, in gonorrhea, diarrhea. Seed oil laxative; seeds abortifacient, if swallowed by any means in raw form cause nausea and giddiness. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
In Indonesia, a bark decoction used as abortifacient. Roasted fruit skin or its ashes used as a decoction for gonorrhoea in Java and leaf infusion used as aperients for fever. In Java, leaves used for washing head, root infusion used for bathing sick child or patient with jaundice. Pounded leaves applied on broken limbs and dislocated joints. Heated oiled leaves are applied on abdomen of children to treat fever followed by placement of used leaves on the chest. In the Philippines, a leaf decoction is used to treat suppuratives cutaneous eruptions while a decoction of the bark is used in cases of dropsy and rheumatism as an aperient, diaphoretic, and diuretic. A decoction of the fruit is astringent. In India, the bark and leaves are regarded as aperient, diuretic and diaphoretic. A decoction of the fruit is mucilaginous and astringent. The seed oil is administered internally in itches and other skin diseases and is applied externally as a paste. In Ghana, seeds are employed as a purgative. Oil from the seed is extracted on a local scale to be used in medicine. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Vol-3]
Bark and leaf—aperient, diuretic. Fruit—astringent. Seed oil—carminative, laxative. Wood— antirheumatic. The wood, boiled with seed oil, is used externally in rheumatism. Beans, called Java Olives, if taken in
large quantities, cause nausea, act as violent purgative.[Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
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