toothache. Leaves— boiled and applied to sprains, bruises, local swellings, elephantiasis. Gum— given in asthma; as a cordial to women during lactation.
The roots contain cluytyl ferulate; heartwood gave lanosterol; bark, dlepi-catechin and (+)-leucocyanidin; flowers and leaves, ellagic acid, quercetin and quercetin-3-arabinoside. Flowers also contain iso-quercetin and morin. Leaves in addition contain beta-sitosterol, leucocyanidin and leucodelphinidin.
Lansium domesticum Correa. Family Meliaceae.
Habitat Cultivated in Nilgiris and a few other places in South India.
En glishLangsat Fruit, Dockoa. Folk Duku.
Action Bark—astringent, antidysenteric. Resin—antidiarrhoeal, prescribed in intestinal spasm. Seed—febnifuge, vermifuge.
The peel of the fruit contains a tnterpenoid acid (lansic acid). Seeds are bitter; contain traces of an alkaloid and resin.
The crude extract of fruit peel, containing lansic acid, lansioside A, B and
362 Lantana camara Linn. var. aculeata Moldenke.
C or their derivatives, is used as an ingredient of shampoos and hair tonics.
Lantana camara Linn. var. aculeata Moldenke.
Synonym L. aculeata L.
Family Verbenaceae.
Habitat Native to tropical America; naturalized and occurs throughout India. Also grown as hedge plant.
English Lantana, Wild Sage, Surinam Tea Plant.
Ayurvedic Chaturaangi, Vanachchh d
Siddha/Tamil Unnichedi.
Folk Ghaaneri (Maharashtra).
Action Plant—antirheumatic, antimalarial; used in tetanus and ataxy of abdominal viscera. Pounded leaves are applied to cuts, ulcers and swellings; a decoction of leaves and fruits is used as a lotion for wounds.
The plant is considered poisonous. The leaves contain toxic principles, lantadenes A and B, which cause acute photosensitization, jaundice, kidney and liver lesions. A steroid, lancamarone, is cardioactive and fish poison.
The bark of stems and roots contain a quinine-like alkaloid, lantanine. The extract of the shoot showed
