Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary

248 Eulaliopsis binata (Retz.)C.E.Hubbard.
E
dia at medium elevations under
sub-tropical conditions.
English ◮ Pitaanga, Surinam Cherry.
Action ◮ Fruit—used as a source
of carotenoids (225.9 mcg/g)
and provitamin A (991 RE/100g).
Leaves—diuretic, antirheumatic,
antifebrile. Used for lowering blood
pressure, blood cholesterol, uric
acid level, also for reducing body
weight. Essential oil— digestive,
carminative.
The leaves gave flavonoids, quercitrin,
quercetin, myricitrin and myricetin
as major constituents.
The bark contains 28.5% tannins.
Eulaliopsis binata
(Retz.) C. E. Hubbard.
Synonym ◮ Pollinidium angustifolium
Haines.
Family ◮ Gramineae; Poaceae.
Habitat ◮ Many parts of North India.
English ◮ Baib grass, Sabai grass.
Ayurvedic ◮ Balvaja.
Folk ◮ Bhaabar.
Action ◮
lithiasis.
Diuretic. Used for treating
EtOH (50%) extract of the plant is
sasmogenic.
Eulophia campestris Wall.
Family ◮ Orchidaceae.
Habitat ◮ Throughout greater part of
India, mostly in the plains.
Ayurvedic ◮ Amrita, Sudhaa-muuli,
Munjaataka (Salep var.) Saalammisri
(substitute). Munjaataka and
Saalam-misri have been equated
with Orchis latifolia Linn. of the
same family.
Action ◮ Tubers—used in stamatitis,
purulent cough and as a cardiac
and nervine tonic. Also used in
scrofulous diseases and dyscrasia.
Used a substitute for Salep.
Eulophia herbacea Lindl.
Family ◮ Orchidaceae.
Habitat ◮ Western Himalayas,
Bengal and Western parts of Deccan
Peninsula.
English ◮ Salep (var.).
Ayurvedic ◮ Munjaataka (substitute),
Saalam-misri (substitute).
Action ◮ Tubers—used as a substitute
for Salep.
Eulophia nuda Lindl.
Family ◮ Orchidaceae.
Habitat ◮ Tropical Himalayas from
Nepal eastward to Assam, and in
Deccan from Konkan southwards.
Ayurvedic ◮ Baalakanda, Amarkanda,
Maalaakanda.
Folk ◮ Ambarkanda (Maharashtra).
Action ◮ Tubers—used for bronchitis,
diseases due to vitiated blood,
tumours, scrofulous glands. Also
used as vermifuge.