Blumea lacera, Kukundara, Kukuradru, Taamrachuuda, Kakaronda, Narakkarandai, Kaatu mullangi, Kakranda

Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC.
Family: Compositae / Asteraceae

Synonyms: Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC. , Blumea bodinieri Vaniot , Blumea cernua DC. , Blumea cinerascens DC. , Blumea commersonii Edgew. , Blumea cuneifolia DC. , Blumea dregeana DC. , Blumea elongata DC. , Blumea fontinalis Edgew. , Blumea glandulosa DC. , Blumea heyneana DC. , Blumea hieraciifolia Hook.f. & Thomson , Blumea holosericea DC. , Blumea hymenophylla DC. , Blumea lacera var. cinerascens Hook.f. , Blumea lacera var. glandulosa Hook.f. , Blumea lacera var. hymenophylla (DC.) C.B.Clarke , Blumea lacera var. subdivaricata H.Kost. , Blumea musra DC. , Blumea subcapitata DC. , Blumea thyrsoidea Sch.Bip. , Blumea trigona DC. , Blumea velutina H.Lév. & Vaniot , Blumea villosa Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. , Conyza amoena Link , Conyza dentata Blanco , Conyza hamiltonii Steud. , Conyza lacera Burm.f. , Conyza lacera var. wallichii (DC.) DC. ex Miq. , Conyza lacera var. wightiana (DC.) DC. ex Miq. , Conyza lactucifolia (DC.) , Conyza natans Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. , Conyza necessaria Buch.-Ham. ex DC. , Conyza thyrsoidea Pers. , Conyza velutina (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. , Erigeron exstipulatus Schumach. & Thonn. , Senecio velutinus H.Lév. & Vaniot,

Vernacular names:
Sanskrit: Kukundara, Kukuradru, Taamrachuuda.
Unani: Kakarondaa.
Siddha/Tamil: Narakkarandai, Kaatu mullangi
Folk: Kakranda

Plant—antipyretic. Leaf— astringent, febrifuge, diuretic,deobstruent, anthelmintic (particularly in case of thread worm). Root—anticholerin. Essential oil—antibacterial, antifungal.

Theleaves on steamdistillation yield 0.5% essential oil fromwhich camphor is isolated. The oil contains cineol 66, d-fenchone 10 and citral about 6%. The plant gave a diester of coniferyl alcohol, acetylenic compounds, a thiophene derivative; aerial parts gave campesterol, hentriacontane, hentriacontanol, alpha-amyrin and its acetate, lupeol and its acetate and beta-sitosterol. The alcoholic extract of the plant showed marked anti-inflammatory activity in carrageenin and bradykinininduced inflammation in rats. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

11 Published articles of Blumea lacera

Echinops niveus, Snow-White Globe Thistle

 

Echinops niveus Wall. ex Royle
Family: Compositae / Asteraceae
Common name: Snow-White Globe Thistle
Arabic: قنفذي أبيض


3 Published articles of Echinops niveus
1.NIVETIN, A NEOFLAVONOID FROM ECHINOPS-NIVEUS
SINGH, RP; PANDEY, VB
PHYTOCHEMISTRY  Volume: 29   Issue: 2   Pages: 680-681   DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(90)85148-9, 1990
  
2. ALKALOIDS AND LIPID CONSTITUENTS OF ECHINOPS-NIVEUS
BHAKUNI, RS; SHUKLA, YN; THAKUR, RS
Source: PHYTOCHEMISTRY  Volume: 29   Issue: 8   Pages: 2697-2698   DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(90)85217-4, 1990

3. A NEW NEOFLAVONOID FROM ECHINOPS-NIVEUS
SINGH, RP; PANDEY, VB; SEPULVEDA, S
CHEMISTRY & INDUSTRY  Issue: 23   Pages: 828-828, DEC 7 1987

Grewia asiatica, Phalsa, palicamaram

Grewia asiatica L.
Family: Malvaceae / Tiliaceae
Synonyms: Grewia subinaequalis DC, Grewia vestita Wall.

Bengali: ফলসা phalasa
Chinese: 朴叶扁担杆
Filipino: bariuan-gulod
Khmer: pophlië
Lao (Sino-Tibetan): nhap
Thai: lai khon, po tao hai, yap khee thao
Vietnamese: c[of]-ke-[as], cò-ke-á
Gujarati: Shukri, ફાલસા phalsa
Hindi, Marathi: Phalsa फालसा
Kannada: Phulsha
Konkani: Phalsi
Malayalam: Chadicha, പരുഷകമരം parushakamaram
Marathi: पळशी palshi
oriya: Pharosakoli
Punjabi: ਫਾਲਸਾ falsa
Russian, Hill Mari, Komi: Фалса
Sanskrit: Mriduphal म्रदुफल, परूषकः paroushak
Sindhi: Pharaho
Tamil: Unnu, பலிசமரம் palicamaram
Telugu: Phutiki
Urdu: پهالسا falsa

Antioxidant Activity, Antidiabetic Activity, Radioprotective Activity, Hepatoprotective Activity, Antimicrobial Activity, In traditional folkloric medicine, the fruit has been used as astringent, stomachic and cooling agent. When unripe, it has been reported to alleviate infl ammation and was administered in respiratory, cardiac and blood disorders, as well as in fever. The fruit was also benefi cial food throat ailments. Root bark has been prescribed for rheumatism and its infusion used as a demulcent. The leaves were applied on skin eruptions. Seeds of G. asiatica has been used as antifertility agent and was reported to have anti-implantation and abortifacient activities. In traditional folkloric medicine in Bangladesh, Grewia asiatica plant is commonly used for gonorrhoea by the Garo tribe and local traditional healers in Madhupur and Tangail district. It is also used to treat lack of appetite, typhus, acidity, giddiness, diarrhoea, hypertension, stimulant, anorexia..In India, G. asiatica is also used for gonorrhoea and as astringent, demulcent, rheumatism, stomachic and tumour.

Fruit—stomachic, astringent, cooling. Bark—demulcent. Root bark—antirheumatic. Leaf— used in pastular eruptions. Thebark contains taraxasterol, betasitosterol, erythrodiol; lupeol, betulin, lupenone, friedelin; alpha-amyrin. The heartwood gave beta-sitosterol. Quercetin, kaempferol and their glycosides were also obtained from the leaves. Ripe fruits are rich in vitamin A and C; threonine, phosphoserine, serine and taurine are the dominant amino acids in the juice. The stem bark exhibited antifertility activity. [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

29 Published articles of Grewia asiatica