Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary

730 Zanthoxylum armatum DC.
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Folk ◮ Nepaali Dhaniyaa, Timur.
Action ◮ Plant—uses similar to
Zanthoxylum armatum.
The fruit gave tambulin and tambuletin.
The stem bark contains lignans—sesamin,
fargesin and eudesmin;
triterpenoids—beta-amyrin and
beta-amyrenone.
The seeds are extensively used in the
preparation of tooth powders.
The essential oil from the seed (from
Kanpur) contains d-linalool (37.6), dipentene+phellandrene
(47), citral (6),
esters as methyl cinnamate (6.2%) and
free acids. Seeds from Sikkim contain
50% d-linalool.
Zanthoxylum armatum DC.
Synonym ◮ Z. alatum Roxb.
Z. var. planispinum Sieb. & Zucc.
Family ◮ Rutaceae.
Habitat ◮ Jammu & Kashmir and
Garhwal.
English ◮ Toothache tree, Indian
Prickly Ash.
Ayurvedic ◮ Tumburu (fruit).
Tejabala, Tejaswani, Tejohva,
Tejovati (stem bark).
Unani ◮ Faaghir, Kabaab-e-
Khandaan.
Siddha ◮ Tejyovathi.
Folk ◮ Nepaali Dhaniyaa.
Action ◮ Stem bark—used in cough,
dyspnoea, hiccup, stomatitis,
rheumatism. (The Ayurvedic
Pharmacopoeia of India.) Stemsand
thorns—hypoglycaemic. Bark—
used for cleaning teeth, also for
treating diarrhoea. Fruits, seeds,
bark—carminative, antispasmodic,
anthelmintic. Fruits and seeds—
used as a tonic in fever, dyspepsia
and skin diseases. Essential oil of
the fruit—antibacterial, antifungal
and deodorant. Used in tooth
powders.
The essential oil from dried fruits
contains linalool (64.1%), linalyl acetate,
citral, geraniol methyl cinnamate,
limonene and sabinene.
Dried bark and branches contain
lignans—sesamin, fargesin, eudesmin;
a lactone pulviatide; dictamine, 8hydroxydictamine
and gamma-fagarine;
magnoflorine and xanthoplanine.
The root contains magnoflorine, xanthoplanine,
skimmianine, dictamine
and gamma-fagarine. Seeds contain
flavonoids tambulin and tambulol.
Dosage ◮ Stem bark—10–20g for
decoction; fruit—3–4 g. (API, Vol.
II; Vol. IV.)
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.
Family ◮ Rutaceae.
Habitat ◮ Canada and North
America.
English ◮ Toothache tree, Prickly
Ash.
Action ◮ Bark, berries—used
internally and externaly to treat
rheumatism and toothache; also
for circulatory insufficiency and
fevers.