The plant contains a flavone glucoside, puddumin-A. The root bark contains beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, ursolic acid, prunetinoside, glucogenkwanin and neosakuranin. Seeds contain flavonoid glycosides.
The leaves, twigs, bark and kernels contain a cyanogenetic substance.
Dosage Heartwood—1—3 g powder. (API, Vol. III.)
Prunus cerasus Linn.
Family Rosaceae.
Habitat Native of Eurasia; cultivated in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Kumaon for edible fruits.
English Sour Cherry.
Ayurvedic Elavaaluka (var.).
Folk Aalu-baalu, Gilaas.
Action Fruit—diuretic, anti- inflammatory. Used for genitourinary inflammations, cystitis and urine retention. Bark—febrifuge, antidiarrhoeal. Fruit stalk—diuretic. Fruit stalk and stem—pectoral. Bark and fruit stalk—astringent. Kernel—nervine. Leaf—an infusion is given for convulsions in children.
Key application Heartwood—in skin eruptions, erysipelas, obstinate skin diseases, haemorrhagic
Prunus persica Batsch. 521
diseases. As a tonic for promoting tion was comparable to that of Meto conception (The Ayurvedic clopramide (Maxolon) and chiorpro Pharmacopoei of India.) mazine (Largactil).
The leaves, fruits and bark gave
flavone glycosides. The bark contains
5-7% tannin. The kernel contains Prunus mahaleb Linn.
a considerable proportion of hydro- Family Rosaceae.
cyanic acid. The leaves contain amyg dalin
(Amygdalin, a nitrile glycoside, Habitat Native to Europe and
has been reported to inhibit the growth West Asia, introduced in India and
of Sarcoma-180 cells in culture.) grown as an ornamental.
English Mahaleb Cherry.
Ayurvedic Gandha-priyangu.
Prunus domestica Linn. (Priyangu is equated with Callicarpa
macrophylla Vahl.)
Synonym P comm unis Huds.
