English Rupture-Wort.
Action Plant—astringent, diuretic, antimicrobial, anticatarrhal. An infusion is used principally for bladder complaints for ruptures.
The plant gave a flavonic glycoside, rutoside; coumarins, herniarin and umbelliferone, and sap onins.
A related species, H. hirsuta L. malaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon up to 3,000 m) gave umbelliferone, scopoletin and herniarin.
Heterophragma roxburghii DC.
Synonym 1-1. quadriloculare (Roxb.)
D. Schum.
Habitat Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
Ayurvedic Waarasa.
Siddha/Tamil Barokalagoru.
Folk Pullunga, Paatang (Maharashtra).
Action Tar extracted from wood— used in skin diseases. Leaf juice— applied externally on toe sores and in chilblain.
The flowers gave hentriacontane and allantoin; the leaves contain ursolic acid and sitosterol. The seeds contain a saponin (rhamnoside), lupeol, betasitosterol, stigmasterol and cubulin. The essential oil from flowers exhibits antimicrobial activity.
Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn.
Synonym Abelmoschus moschatus Medic.
Family Malvaceae.
Habitat Throughout the warmer parts and hilly regions of India; also cultivated.
English Musk Seed, Muskmallow, Ambette Seed.
Ayurvedic Lataakasturi, Lataakasturikaa, Kattaphala, Katuka.
Unani Mushkdaanaa.
Siddha/Tamil Kasturi-vendai.
Action Seeds—diuretic, antispasmodic, stomachic, nervine (nervous debility, hysteria and other nervous disorders). Used externally for skin diseases and itch. Mucilage made
Family Bignoniaceae.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn. 309
from the root and leaves is prescribed in venereal diseases, urinary discharges and painful micturition.
