गालवः
गिरिकर्णी
गिरिभिद्
गिरिमल्लिका
गॊकण्टकः
गॊकर्णी
गॊक्षुरः
गॊक्षुरकः
गॊजिह्वा
गॊजिह्वाशाक
गॊजिह्विका
गॊत्रवृक्ष
गॊधूमः
गॊभी
गॊलिहः
| Name -
लॊध्र
Botanical name -
Symplocos racemosa
Description -
A small tree, about 6-meter high. Leaves 8-20 cm long, dark green leathery, usually pointed at tip, margins entire or toothed. Leafstalk small, about 8-20 mm long. Flowers small, about 1.2-cm diameter, white or pale yellow, in small axillary clusters. Fruit Drupe ellipsoid, 1-1.3 cm long, purplish black.
Chemical Constituents-
Bark contains triterpenoids, alkaloids loturine, loturidine and colloturine, glycosides, reducing sugars, phytosterols. Trunk bark contains monomethyl pelargonidin glucosides (I and II) and pelargonidin-3-O-glucoside
Use -
The drug is useful in digestive disorders, eye diseases and ulcers. A decoction of the bark is used as a gargle in bleeding gums. It is used in plasters and applied on wound for promoting maturation of wounds. It is astringent and is used in excessive bleeding during menstruation, other uterine disorders. The astringent properties are used in diarrhoea, dysentery, liver complaints and dropsy; also used in opthalmia and conjunctivitis.
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