Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary

Caccinia crassifolia O. Kuntze.
Synonym ◮ C. glauca Savi.
Family ◮ Boraginaceae.
Habitat ◮ Native to Baluchistan.
AvailableinIndianmarketas
Gaozabaan.
Unani ◮ Gaozabaan. (According
to National Formulary of
Unani Medicine, Borago officinalis
Linn. and other species of Boraginaceae
are used as Gaozabaan.)
Action ◮ Leaf—diuretic, antiinflammatory,
demulcent; used for
strangury, asthma and cough.
The stems and leaves gave sapogenins—caccigenin,
caccigenin lactone
and 23-deoxycaccigenin; rutin and
a saponin derived from caccigenin.
The leaves also gave a glucoside, caccinin.
Caccinin and its aglucone caccinetin
(which is the dimethylallyl ester
of caffeic acid) is diuretic; saponins
exhibit anti-inflammatory activity.
Flowers contain pyrrolizidine alkaloid,
the diester of retronecine. Benzoic
acid has also been isolated from
the flowers.
Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce.
Synonym ◮ C. farinosa Forsk.
C. indica Lam.
Family ◮ Capparidaceae.
C
Habitat ◮ CommoninPunjab,
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Siddha/Tamil ◮ Kattagatti, Vilivi,
Villi.
Folk ◮ Kodhab.
Action ◮ Root and leaves—
deobstruent, emmenagogue; used
for uterine obstructions.
The leaves and stem bark gave alkaloids,
L-stachydrine and L-3-hydroxystachydrine.
Presence of quercetin,
isoorientin, hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic
acid, vanillic acid and 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy
benzoic acid has also
been reported. The stembark contains
an alkaloid cadabicine, and dry pods
contain cadabalone.
Caesalpinia bonduc
(L.) Roxb. Dandy & Exell.
Synonym ◮ C. bonducella Flem.
C. crista Linn.
Family ◮ Caesalpiniaceae.
Habitat ◮ Throughout the hotter
partsofIndia. CommoninWest
Bengal and South India. Often
grown as hedge plant.
English ◮ FeverNut,BonducNut,
Nikkar Nut.
Ayurvedic ◮ Puutikaranja, Lataakaranja,
Kantaki Karanja, Karanjin,
Kuberaakshi (seed).