The heartwood is faintly fragrant and reported to be used for adulterating sandalwood.
Ougeinia dalbergioides Benth.
Synonym Ougeinia oojeinensis (Roxb.) Hochr.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Outer Himalayas and sub-Himalayan tract from Jammu to Bhutan up to an altitude of 1,500 m, and extending through the whole of northern and central India into the greater part of Deccan Peninsula.
English Chariot tree, Punjab Kino.
Ayurvedic Tinishaa, Tinisha, Syandana, Nemi, Sarvasaara, Ashmagarbhaka, Vajjala, Chitrakrt.
Siddha/Tamil Narivengai.
Folk Saanan.
Action Bark—febrifuge, antidiarrhoeal, spasmolytic.
The leaves and heartwood contained iso-flavonoids—dalbergion, hemoferritin and urgenin. Leaves, in addition, contained flavonoids—querce - tin, kaempferol and leucopelargonidin. Stem bark gave triterpenes, lupeol and betulin.
Oxalis acetosella Linn.
Action Leaf—emetic.
Family Oxalidaceae.
Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill. 457
Habitat Temperate Himalayas
from Kashmir to Sikkim from 2,500
to 4,000 m and Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu.
English Common Wood-Sorrel.
Ayurvedic Chaangeri (related species).
Folk Tinpatiyaa, Amrul.
Action Diuretic and refrigerant. Used for urinary affections and fevers. (Sorrel is equated with Rumex acetosa Linn.)
Aerial parts gave 2” -0- (beta-D-glucopyranosyl) isovitexin. The whole flowering plant contains 0.3—1.25% oxalic acid (high in fresh leaves and roots).
Oxalis corniculata Linn.
Family Oxalidaceae.
Habitat Throughout the warmer parts of India.
English Indian Sorrel.
