Siddha/Tamil Achhu.
Folk Gangeran.
Action See G. hirsuta.
The stem bark contains triterpenoids.
Dosage Root—10—20 ml juice; 50— 100 ml decotion. (CCRAS.)
Grewia scierophylla
Roxb. ex G. Don.
Synonym G. scabrophylla Roxb. G. obliqua auct. non-Juss.
Family Tiliaceae.
Habitat Sub-Himalayan tract and outer hills from Kumaon to Bhutan up to 1,200 m and in Assam
Ayurvedic Parushaka (related species), Dhanvana (related species)
Siddha/TamiI Kattu Kadali. Folk Jangali Phaalsaa.
Action Root—emollient, bechic. Used in irritable conditions of the intestines and bladder.
Grewia tiliaefolia Vahl.
Family Tiliaceae.
296 Grewia villosa Wifid.
Habitat Upper Gengetic plain, Bi- Habitat Introduced from the West har, Bengal, Central and Peninsular Indies; grown as an ornamental. India.
English Lignum Vitae, Tree-of-life,
English Dhaman. Pockwood tree.
Ayurvedic Dhanvana, Dhanur- Ayurvedic Jivadaaru, Loha vriksha Kaashtha.
Siddha/Tamil Tarra, Unnu, Sadachi.
Unani Chob-hayaat.
Folk Dhaamin, Dhaaman.
G) Action Bark—antidysenteric. Stem Folk Loha-lakkar.
bark—semen coagulant. Plant— Action Antirheumatic, anti-
used in fractures. inflammatory, mild laxative,
diuretic, diaphoretic, fungistatic
noe roots and bark gave triterpe- (During the sixteenth century it was
used as a cure for syphilis.)
A related species, Grewia optiva,
