not be confused with the original drug.
Action Flowers—used against
scurvy, gum troubles, toothache
and against bladder pains and gout.
The flower heads yield 1.25% of spilanthol from the pentane extract.
The fresh plant yields an essential oil consisting mainly of spilanthol and a hydrocarbon, spilanthene. The plant also contains cerotic acid, crystalline phytosterols, tannic acid, resin, potassium malate and large amounts of choline and potassium nitrate.
Spinacia oleracea Linn.
Family Chenopodiaceae.
Habitat Native to South-west Asia; cultivated throughout India.
English Garden Spinach.
Ayurvedic Paalankikaa, Paalankya, Paalakyaa.
Unani Paalak.
Siddha/Tamil Vasaiyila-keerai.
Action Seeds—cooling and laxative; given during jaundice. Spinach, as a potherb, is rich in nitrogenous
substances, hydrocarbons and iron sesqui-oxide.
Aerial parts afforded rutin, hyperoside, astragalin and caffeic, chlorogenic, neochlorogenic and protocatechuic acids. Seeds contain glycoprotein-bound hexosamine. Roots contain spirasaponins.
Spondias pinnata (Linn. f.) Kurz.
Synonym S. mangfera Willd. Family Anacardiaceae.
Habitat A small, aromatic tree
occurring wild or grown throughout the country for edible fruits.
English Hog-Plum, Wild Mango. Great Hog-Plum is equated with S. cytherea Sonn, synonym S. dulcis Soland. ex Forst. f.
Ayurvedic Aamraataka, Aamraata, Aamadaa, Madhuparni, Kundalini, Kapitana, Markataamra.
Siddha/Tamil Mambulichi, Kattuma.
Synonym S. tetrandra Roxb.
Folk Jangali Aam.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis VahI. 623
Action Fruits, leaves, bark— astringent, antidysenteric, antispeptic, antiscorbutic. Bark paste applied externally to articular and muscular rheumatism. Root—used for regulating menstruation.
