Action Leaves—astringent, haemostatic, vulnerary. The tomentum is applied as counterirritant in gout, also used as tinder.
Gnetum montanum Markgraf.
Synonym G. scandens Roxb. in
part.
Family Gnetaceae.
Habitat Tropical Himalayas from Nepal to Bhutan, Assam and Meghalaya.
English Joint Fir.
Siddha/Tamil Anapendu, Peiodal (G. ula.)
Action Seed oil—antirheumatic Plant— antiperiodic. Leaves— piscic.
The stem-wood yielded bergenin, acetophenone and stilbene derivatives.
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292 Gnida glauca (Fresen.) Gilg.
G. ula Brongn. non-Karst is found in evergreen forests of Western and Eastern Ghats up to 1,800 m.
Gnida glauca (Fresen.) Gilg.
Synonym G. eriocephalus Meis. Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen.
L. eriocephalus (Meisner) Decne. Habitat Western Ghats.
Action Leaf—anti-inflammatory; used for contusions and swellings. Plant—vesicant.
The plant contains bicoumarins, lysocephalin and lasiocrin; a coumarin glucoside, crioside, and a bicoumarin glycoside, eriocephaloside. The plant also gave ingiresinol, syringin, genkwanin and its glycoside, beta-sitosterol and its glucoside.
Gordonia obtusa Wall.
Family Theaceae.
Habitat Konkan and Western Ghats.
Folk Miyili, Atangi, Ola, Nagette, Thorilla (Tamil Nadu).
Action Leaves—stomachic, appetizer.
Leaves contain 0.04% alkaloid and tannic acid. The bark contains ellagic acid and coumarin.
Gossypium arboreum Linn.
Family Malvaceae.
Habitat Cultivated all over India as a fibre plant.
English Tree Cotton, Desi Cotton. Ayurvedic Kaarpaasi.
Siddha/Tamil Sempartthi (Red Cotton), Sivappuparutthi.
