The aqueous extract of flowers showed activity against Gram-positive bacteria.
Tagetes minuta Linn., synonym T glanduhfera Schrank (North-west Himalayas; native to South America), known as Stinking-Roger, gives highest yield of the essential oil with high carbonyl content, calculated as tagetone among the Tagetes sp. grown in India.
Tagetespatula Linn. (Native to Mexico; cultivated in Indian gardens) known as French Marigold, is credited with nematocidal properties. The juice of flower heads is used on cuts and wounds.
Dosage Leaf—lO—20 ml juice. (CCRAS.)
Talinum triangulare Wild.
Family Portulaceceae.
Habitat Native to tropical America; grown in Tamil Nadu.
English Ceylon Spinach, Surinam Purslane, Flame Flower, Sweet Heart, Water Leaf, Ceylon Spinach.
Folk Pasali, Cylon-keerai (Tamil Nadu)
Action Leaves—used in polyuria. Diabetics and invalids use the leaves as a substitute for Amaranthus gangeticus Linn.
Tamarindus indica Linn.
Synonym T. occidentalis Gaertn. T officinalis HK.
Family Caesalpiniaceae.
Habitat Indigenous to tropical Africa; now distributed throughout the plains and sub-Himalayan tracts of India.
English Tamarind tree.
Ayurvedic Amli, Amlikaa, Suktaa, Chukraa, Chukrikaa, Chinchaa, Chandikaa, Tintidika.
Unani TamarHindi
Siddha/Tamil Puli, Aanvilam.
Action Pulp of fruit—cooling, digestive, carminative, laxative, antiscorbutic; infusion prescribed in febrile diseases and bilious disorders; used as a gargle in sore
644 Tamarix aphylla (Linn.) Karst.
throat; applied as a poultice on inflammatory swellings.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the fruit pulp in tiredness without exertion.
Leaves—juice, used for bleeding piles, bilious fever and dysuria. Stembark—antipyretic and astringent.
Used for diarrhoea. Bark is also
prescribed in asthma and amenor rhoea Seed-kernel—stimulant; used
as a supporting tonic in sexual debility
