Habitat Cultivated as a condiment crop.
English Bird Chilli.
Ayurvedic Katuviraa.
Unani Surkh Mirch.
Siddha/Tamil Musi Milagay.
Action See Capsicum annuum.
Key application Externally, in painful muscle spasms in areas of shoulder, arm and spine; for treating arthritis, rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago and chilbains. (German Commission E.) The British Pharmacopoeia reported rubefacient and vasostimulant action.
The plant contains hydroxybenzoic acid, hydroxycinnamic acid and ascorbic acid. Fruits contain up to 1% of capsaicin.
Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
Synonym C. integerrima DC.
C. lucida Roxb. ex Kurz. Habitat Throughout India, up to
an altitude of 1,300 m, and in the
Andamans.
Careya arborea Roxb. 121
Folk Karalli, Kierpa. Varanga (Malyalam).
Action Leaves—used in the treatment of sapraemia. Bark—used for treating oral ulcers, stomatitis, inflammation of the throat.
The leaves contain alkaloids (0.2% dry basis), the major being (+)-hygroline.
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Linn.
Family Sapindaceae.
Habitat Throughout the plains of India, as a wild climber.
English Ballon Vine, Winter Cherry, Heartseed.
Ayurvedic Kaakatiktaa, Kaakaadani, Karnsphotaa, Shatakratulataa.
Unani Habb-e-Qilqil.
Siddha/Tamil Mudukottan, Kottavan.
Folk Kanphotaa, Kanphuti,
Lataaphatakari. Used as Jyotishmati in Bengal.
Action Used in rheumatism,
