खरच्छदः
खर्जूरी
खरत्वक्
खरपर्णिनी
खरपुष्पा
खर्बूजम्
खरमञ्जरी
खरशाकः
खराश्वा
खसतिलः
खाखसः
गुग्गुलुः
गजकर्ण
गजपिप्पली
गजभक्ष्या
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शाखॊटः
Botanical name -
Streblus asper
Description -
Large shrubs or small crooked trees; bark light grey, rough, laticiferous. Leaves elliptic-obovate, denticulate. Flowers unisexual, male in capitate clusters, yellowish-green. Female solitary or 2 to 4 together. Dnipe globose, yellowish when ripe, succulent
Chemical Constituents-
Plant contains triterpenoids - friedelin, epifriedelinol, taraxasteryl acetate. Root bark contains cardiac glycoside vijaloside, cardenolide, kamaloside, asperoside, indroside, lucknoside, glycosides G, G and H, cannodimethoside, strophalloside, glucogitodimethoside, strophanolloside, glucokamaloside, sarmethoside and glucostrebloside. Stem bark contains cardiac glycoside stebloside, mansonin
Use -
Leaves used as a galactogogue; their poultice applied to swellings and buboes. Roots given in dysentery. Decoction of bark used in fevers, diarrhoea and dysentery. Latex astringent and antiseptic, applied to sore heals, chapped hands and glandular swellings; also applied to temples as a sedative in neuralgia. Seeds used in epistaxis, piles and diarrhoea; externally, paste applied to leucoderma.
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