Michelia nilgarica Zenk. (Western Ghats, above 1,700 m) is known as Kattu-sambagam in Tamil Nadu, the yellow-flowered var. of Champaa. The bark and leaves are considered febrifuge. The bark contains a volatile oil, acrid resins, tannin and a bitter principle. The flowers yield a volatile oil similar to the bark oil. Aerial parts exhibit diuretic and spasmolytic activity.
Dosage Dried buds and flowers— 1—3 g powder. (API, Vol. IV.) B ark—
50—100 m decoction. (CCRAS.)
Microcos paniculata Linn.
Synonym Grewia microcos Linn. G. ulmifolia Roxb.
Family Tiliaceae.
Habitat North-eastern parts of India, West Bengal, Western Ghats and Andaman Islands.
Folk Asar (Bengal); Thengprenkeorong (Assam); Kadambu, Visalam, Kottei (Tamil Nadu); Abhrangu (Karnataka).
Action ø Plant—stomachic, antidysenteric, antisyphiitic, antibacterial (also used for smallpox and eczema).
Microglossa pyrifolia
(Lamk.) Kuntze.
Synonym M. volubilis DC.
Family Asteraceae, Compositae.
Habitat North-eastern Indian hills.
Action Leaf—used for ringworm of the scalp.
A acetylenic glucoside, isolated from the leaf, showed antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.
Micromelum integerrimum
(Buch-Ham.) Roem.
Family Rutaceae.
Habitat Bihar, Orissa, Bengal,
Sikkim, Nepal, Assam, Khasi, Aka
and Lushai hifis.
Action Bark of the root, stem and branches—used in the treatment of tubercular cases.
The root contains coumarins, micromelin, phebalosin and yuehchakene.
Micromelum pubescens Blume, synonym M. minutum (Forst. f.) Seem. is found in the Andamans. The plant is used in Malaya and Indonesia for phthisis and chest diseases. The root is chewed with betel for
