Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary

Folk ◮ Hetenuriyaa, Jalasirasa.
Jinghini (Maharashtra).
Action ◮ Flower—sudorific, pectoral.
Leaves—diuretic, emollient, demulcent.
Root—applied to wounds as
analgesic.
Seeds contain a toxic alkaloid supinine
(1% dry seeds). Aqueous extracts
of stems, leaves and fruits is very toxic
to cockroaches.
Tricholepis angustifolia DC.
Family ◮ Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat ◮ Coastal regions of Kerala
and Karnataka.
Ayurvedic ◮ Brahmadandi (related
species).
Folk ◮ Uuntakataaraa.
Action ◮ Diuretic, bechic.
Tricholepis glaberrima DC.
Family ◮ Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat ◮ Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Peninsular India.
Ayurvedic ◮ Brahmadandi.
Action ◮ Antiseptic (used in
leucoderma), nervine tonic (used
in seminal debility), urinary tract
disinfectant. Root—bechic.
The plant contains betulin, spinasterol,
stigmasterol, stigma-7-enol and
a triterpenoid—cycloart-23-en-3beta,
25-diol.
Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Viogt. 671
Trichosanthes anguina Linn.
Family ◮ Cucurbitaceae.
Habitat ◮ Cultivated throughout
India particularly in South India.
English ◮ Snake-Gourd.
Ayurvedic ◮ Dadhipushpi, Chichinda,
Shvetaraaji, Ahiphala.
Siddha/Tamil ◮ Pudal.
Folk ◮ Chichindaa, Chichendaa.
Action ◮ Root and seed—antibilious,
vermifuge, antidiarrhoeal. Fruits—
improve appetite, cure biliousness.
Alpha-, beta-, gamma-carotenes,
cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein, hentriacontane,
ceryl alcohol, quercetin,
alpha-amyrin, taraxerone, oxalic acid,
surcose, and beta-sitosterol have been
isolated from the fruit. The seed
gave kaempferol, its 3-O-glucoside and
quercetin.
The plant gave cucurbita-5,24dienol,
24-ethylcholesta-7-enol, 24ethylcholesta-7,
22-dienol.
Trichosanthes bracteata
(Lam.) Viogt.
Synonym ◮ T. palmata Roxb.
T. lepiniana (Naud.) Cogn.
Involucraria lepiniana Naud.
Family ◮ Cucurbitaceae.
Habitat ◮ Throughout India, in moist
places.
Ayurvedic ◮ Indravaaruni (red
var.), Vishaalaa, Mahaakaala,
Mahendra-vaaruni.
Siddha/Tamil ◮ Korattai.
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