भद्रपर्णी
भद्रमुस्तः
भद्रयवा
भद्रश्रीः
भद्रा
भूनिम्बः
भूम्यामलकि
भूमिवल्ली
भूमीसहः
भूर्जः
भूर्जपत्रः
भूरिफॆना
भल्लातकम्
भल्ली
भाण्टिका
| Name -
काश्मरी
Botanical name -
Gmelina arborea
Description -
Deciduous unarmed trees with smooth whitish-grey bark. Leaves ovate, subcordate. Flowers brownish-yellow, in terminal panicles. Drupe fleshy, ovoid, turning yellow
Chemical Constituents-
Root contains coumarin glycoside umbelliferone. Heart-wood contains lignans araboreol, gmelanone, 6"- bromoisoarboreol, 4-hydroxysesamin, gmelofuran, gummadiol. Leaves contain apigenin, quercetin, hentriacontanol, Beta-sitosterol and luteolin. Drupes contain butyric acid, tartaric acid. Root and bark contain alkaloid.
Use -
Leaves demulcent. Ingredient of Dashamoola. Fruit enters into cooling decoctions, used in fevers and bilious affections The roots are used in the treatment of gonorrhoea, Cough, rheumatism and foetid ulcers. It is also used in Catarrh of the bladder.
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