Habitat Throughout the country and in the rainfed rice fields of
Kerala.
Ayurvedic Agnivrksha, Kuranti.
Siddha/Tamil Pallipundu.
Folk Agiyaa.
Action Improves appetite and taste. Prescribed in strangury and diseases due to vitiated blood.
Striga gesneroides Vatke.
Synonym S. orobanchioides Benth.
Family Scrophulariaceae.
Habitat Western Peninsular India.
Folk Laal-giyaa.
Action Used in diabetes (in folk medicine). Hypoglycaemic activity, not confirmed.
628 Strobilanthes callosus Nees.
Strobilanthes callosus Nees.
Synonym Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek.
Family Acanthaceae.
Folk Maruaa-daanaa, Kaarvi (Maharashtra).
Action Bark—used in external
applications for parotitis. Flowers— vulnerary. Leaves are poisonous.
Roots contain lupeol; the seeds are reported to contain brucine.
Strobilanthes flaccidifolius
Nees.
Synonym S. cusia (Nees) Imlay. Family Acanthaceae.
Habitat Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal and Manipur.
English Assam Indigo.
Folk Ruum, Raampat (Assam); Khumaa (Manipur).
Action Leaves—astringent, diuretic and lithotriptic.
The indican content of the leaves has been reported to be 0.4—1.3%. Lupeol, betulin, lupenone, indigo, indirubin, a quinazolinone and a quinazolinedione have been isolated.
Strophanthus kombe Oliver.
Family Apocynaceae.
Habitat Native to tropical East
