Crotalaria juncea Linn.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Throughout the plains of India, especially in South India.
English Sun Hemp.
Ayurvedic Shana, Shanapushpi, Malyapushpa.
Unani Sunn.
Siddha/Tamil Sanal, Manji, Sannappu.
Folk Jhanjhaniaa.
Action Leaf—demulcent, purgative, emetic, emmenagogue, abortifacient, ant-implantation. Given in diarrhoea, dysentery and bleeding disorders. Seeds—used in psoriasis and impetigo.
180 Crotalaria verrucosa Linn.
Seeds—hepatotoxic. Seed oil gave fatty acids—linoleic, linolenic and oleic.
Pyrrolizidine ailcaloids—junceine, tricodesmine, riddelline, seneciphylline and senecionine were also obtained.
Dosage Seed—l—3 g powder. (API Vol. III.)
Crotalaria verrucosa Linn.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Tropical regions of India from Himalayas to Sri Lanka.
Ayurvedic Shanapushpi. Shana (var.).
Siddha/Tamil Sanal, Sannappu. Folk Sanai, Jhanjhaniaa.
Action Juice of leaves—used
for biliousness, dyspepsia, blood
impurities, scabies and impetigo, both internally and externally.
Taraxerol, beta- sitosterol and linole - ic, palmitic, stearic, lauric, oleic, linolenic, arachidic, myristic and ricinoleic acids have been isolated from fixed oil of the stem.
Dosage Seed—1—3 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Croton oblongifolius Roxb.
Family Euphorbiaceae.
Habitat Central, Western and Southern India, also eastwards to Bengal.
Ayurvedic Naagadanti. (Danti is equated with Baliospermum
montanum Muell., Dravanti with Jatropha curcas Linn. and Croton tiglium Linn.)
Action Same as that of C. tiglium.
