Name -
टङ्कारी
Botanical name -
Physalis minima
Description -
Erect or prostrate herbs. Leaves elliptic-ovate, sinuate-toothed. Flowers yellow with purple spots at base, solitary, axillary. Berry globose, enclosed in accrescent calyx
Chemical Constituents-
Plant contains steroidal lactones physalindicanols, withanolide withaminimin. Stems, leaves and roots contain steroid physalin D. Leaves, stem and immature fruits contain alkaloids. Leaves contain epoxyphysalin B, withaphysalins A-C, physalin B.
Use -
Fruits and leaves used as tonic, diuretic, purgative.
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