also given after parturition.
570 Salacia oblonga Wall. ex Wight & Am.
Salacia oblonga Air-dried plant contains 8.97% ash;
Wall. ex Wight & Am, a high percentage of sodium and chlo rid ions (sodium 5.68, chloride
Family Hippocrateaceae; Celas- 10.02%). The plant is a source of
traceae. alkaline earth (called Sajji), used for
Habitat Rain forests of Western extracting sodium carbonate. Ghats from Konkan to Kerala.
Folk Chundan (Tamil Nadu),
Ponkoranti (Kerala). Salix acmophylla Boiss.
Action Root bark—used for the Family Salicaceae.
treatment rheumatism; also for
Habitat Sub-Himalayan tracts from
gonorrhoea, swellings and skin Uttar Pradesh westwards ascending
diseases. Plant—mildly antiseptic. to an altitude of 1,800 m.
Ayurvedic Jala-vetasa.
Action Bark—febrifuge.
Salacia reticulata Wt.
Family Hippocrateacea; Celas traceae
Salix alba Linn.
Habitat Orissa, Andhra Pradesh,
Kerala. Family Salicaceae.
Habitat North-western Himalayas,
Folk Ekanyakam, Koranti (Kerala,
South India), Anukudu-chettu up to an altitude of 2,400 m.
(Andhra Pradesh) English White Willow, European
Willow.
Action Plant—mild antisep tic
Root bark—used against Ayurvedic Jalavetasa.
gonorrhoea, skin diseases and in- Unani Bed Saadaa.
flammations. The root bark exhibits
hypoglycaemic activity. Folk Vivir (Kashmir).
Action Analgesic, anti inflammatory febrifuge. Used
