सप्तला
सुपर्णिका
सुपार्श्वकः
सपीतकः
सुभिक्षा
समगन्धिकम्
समङ्गा
समुद्रफलः
समुद्रान्ता
सुमनः
समन्तदुग्धा
सुमना
सुरङ्गं
सर्ज
सर्जकः
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सातला
Botanical name -
Euphorbia tirucalli
Description -
Unarmed tall succulent shrubs or small trees. Leaves small, caducous, branchlets of cylindric cladodes. Cyathia fascicled, gland peltate.
Chemical Constituents-
Plant contains anthocyanins, triterpenes, diterpene esters, taraxerone, tirucallol, sitosterol, ellagic acid. Stem contains tirucallins A, B and Euphorbin F, monomeric and dimeric ellagitannins, hentriacontane, hentriacontanol, beta-sitosterol, taraxerol, 3, 3'-dl-o-methylellagic acid and ellagic acid. Stem bark contains alpha-taraxerol, cycloartanol, triterpene euphorginol, euphorcinol, cycloeucalenol, taraxasteryl acetate. Fresh latex contains isoeuphorol. Dried latex contains diterpene esters, macrocyclic diterpene tirucalicine, euphorone.
Use -
Latex vesicant, rubefacient, used externally to remove warts; also applied in neuralgia and toothache.
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