Synonym C.farinosa Forsk.
C. indica Lam.
Habitat Common in Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Siddha/Tamil Kattagatti, Viivi,
Vffli.
Folk Kodhab.
Action Root and leaves—
deobstruent, emmenagogue; used for uterine obstructions.
The leaves and stem bark gave alkaloids, L-stachydrine and L-3-hydroxy- stachydrine. Presence of quercetin, isoorientin, hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, vanillic acid and 2-hydro- xy-4-methoxy benzoic acid has also been reported. The stembark contains an alkaloid cadabicine, and dry pods contain cadabalone.
Caesalpinia bonduc
(L.) Roxb. Dandy & Exell.
Synonym C. bonducella Flem. C. crista Linn.
Family Caesalpiniaceae.
Habitat Throughout the hotter parts of India. Common in West Bengal and South India. Often grown as hedge plant.
English Fever Nut, Bonduc Nut, Nikkar Nut.
Ayurvedic Puutikaranja, Lataakaranja, Kantaki Karanja, Karanjin, Kuberaakshi (seed).
Caccinia crassifolia 0. Kuntze.
Family Capparidaceae.
108 Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Wilid.
Unani Karanjwaa.
Siddha/Tamil Kazharchikkaai.
Action Seed—antiperiodic,
antirheumatic. Roasted and used as an antidiabetic preparation.
Leaf, bark and seed—febrifuge. Leaf and bark—emmenagogue, anthelmintic. Root—diuretic, anticalculous.
The seeds contain an alkaloid caesalpinine; bitter principles such as bonducin; saponins; fixed oil.
The seed powder, dissolved in water, showed hypoglycaemic activity in alloxanized hyperglycaemic rabbits. Aqueous extract of the seeds produced similar effects in rats. The powder forms a household
