English Dusky Fire Brand Bark. Ayurvedic Agnimantha (var.). Siddha/Tamil Pachumullai, Erumai
munnai.
Folk Agethu(var.).
Action Leaves—diuretic, spasmolytic. Stem bark—hypoglycaemic.
The leaves gave a furanoid, premnalatin, and flavone glycosides. The stem bark gave iridoid glucosides and geniposidic acid.
Premna latfolia var. mucronata C. B. Clarke and Premna barbata Wall. are known as Bakaar and Basota (in Garhwal). These have been equated with the classical herb Vasuhatta.
Premna tomentosa Wild.
Synonym Cornulia corymbosa Lam.
Family Verbenaceae.
Habitat Peninsular India and Bihar up to 1,200 m.
English Bastard Teak.
Prosopis chilensis Stuntz. 517
Ayurvedic Agnimanth (var.).
Siddha/Tamil Kolakottathekku pinari, Pondanganari.
Folk Gineri (var.).
Action Bark and essential oil of root—used in stomach disorders. Leaf—diuretic, vulnerary; prescribed as a tonic after child
birth; used in dropsical affections.
Pounded leaves—vulnerary.
The heartwood gave apigenin derivatives. The leaves gave essential oil containing d-and dl-limonene, betacaryophyllene a sesquiterpene hydrocarbon, a diterpene hydrocarbon and a sesquiterpene tertiary alcohol.
Primula denticulata Sm.
Family Prim ulaceae.
Habitat Temperate Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and in Khasi and Jaintia hills at 1,500 m.
Folk Keechey (Tibet).
Action Root—powder used for killing leeches. Flowers—eaten in salad.
The whole plant contains several tnterpenoid saponins.
Prim ula veris Linn., synonym P officinalis Hill and P elatior Hill are grown in Indian gardens.
Key application Primula veris, P elatior Hill—the flower and the root in catarrhs of the respiratory
