352 Kalanchoe integra (Medic.) Kuntze.
Folk Bhui-champaa. Kalanchoe laciniata (Linn.) DC.
Action Tuber—antitumour. Used
for swellings (removes blood clot),
Synonym K. schweinfurthii Penzig.
Cotyledon laciniata Roxb.
mumps and wounds.
Family
Crassulaceae.
Tubers gave crotep oxide and beta-
Habitat Maharashtra, Deccan and
sitosterol. The oil contained chavicol,
cineole. Bengal.
Ayurvedic Parnabija (var.),
Vatapatri.
Kalanchoe integra Unani Zakhm-e-Hayaat.
(Medic.) Kuntze. Siddha/Tamil Malakalli.
Synonym K. brasiliensis Cambress. Folk Hemasaagar.
K. spathulata Roxb. Action Plant—used in fever,
K) Family Crassulaceae. dyspepsia, skin allergy, asthma,
Habitat Tropical Himalayas from bronchitis. Leaves—astringent,
Kashmir to Bhutan, on Lushai hills antiseptic, astringent. Applied to
and in the Deccan. insect bites. Lotions are used for
smallpox. Leaf juice is given in
Ayurvedic Parnabija (var.). diarrhoea, dysentery, lithiasis.
Unani Zakhm-e-Hayaat.
Folk Rungru, Tatara. Bakalpattaa,
Patkuari (Kumaon). Hathokane
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
(Nepal).
Synonym Bryophyllum pinnatum
Action Plant—hypotensive, (Lam.) Oken.
antiarrhythmic.
B. calycinum Salisb.
Aqueous extract of the leaves de Family
Crassulaceae. pressed CNS and potentiated barbitu- Habitat Throughout the warm rate-induced hypnosis in mice. and moist parts of India, especially

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