वीरवति
शक्तुफला
शुकतरुः
शुकनास
शुकप्रियः
शुकपुष्पः
शक्रपुष्पः
शक्रशाखी
शुक्लकन्दा
शुक्लफल
शुक्ला
शकुलादनी
शूकशिम्बी
शंकितः
शृङ्गवॆरम्
| Name -
मांसरॊहिणी
Botanical name -
Soymida febrifuga
Description -
Large trees with rough bark exfoliating in large plates or scales. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, paripinnate; leaflets 3 to 6, elliptic or oblong, entire. Flowers greenish- white, in large, terminal panicles. Capsule black, woody; seeds winged
Chemical Constituents-
Plant contains lupeol, sitosterol, methyl angolenate. Bark contains tetranortriterpenoids, yields gum. Heart-wood contains febrifugin, naringenin, myricetin, dihydromyricetin. Wood and bark contains deoxyandirobin. Leaves contain quercetin, nitinoside
Use -
Bark used in the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery and fever and also as a general tonic; decoction used in gargles, vaginal infections, rheumatism swellings and as enemata.
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