लता
लतालघुः
लवङ्गं
लशुनः
लाङ्गली
लिकुचः
लॊकस्कन्धः
लॊणा
लॊणी
लॊध्र
लॊमशपर्णी
लॊमशा
लॊहम्
लॊहितपुष्पकः
वकः
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प्रियङ्गुः
Botanical name -
Aglaia roxburghiana
Description -
Large tree, wood bright red; leaves shortly petiolate, pinnate, leaflets 5, rarely 7 or 3, elliptic, glabrescent, obtuse, sometimes acute; panicles rather supra-axillary, pyramidal, elongate; flowers shortly pedicellate, small, 0.2 cm in diameter, yellow; fruits subglobose, small, 0.25 cm in diameter, buff-coloured, orange when ripe; very minutely pilose, rusty, persistent.
Chemical Constituents-
Leaf: a bis-amide of roxburghilin and its two epimers.
Use -
The drug is astringent and cooling. It is used in inflammations and leprosy. Dried flowers of Myristica malabarica Lamk of the family Myristicaceae are also available
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