Synonym Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf. Family Gram ineae, Poaceae. Habitat Common throughout
the plains of India (a very variable grass).
Ayurvedic Takraa, Takraahvaa, Panchaanguli, Nrityakaundaka. (Classical synonyms.) (Takra is the classical name of buttermilk.)
Folk Makaraa, Makari (Bihar, Orissa), Timidaa (Tamil Nadu)
Action Astringent, bitter tonic, anthelmintic. Used for polyurea; externally for wounds and ulcers.
The grass growing is New South Wales is reported to contain cyanogenetic glycosides.
In Indian medicine, the grass is used for imparting medicinial properties of Takra (buttermilk) in intestinal, biliary and urinary diseases.
Daemonorops draco Blume.
Synonym Calamus draco Willd. Family Palmae; Aracaceae. Habitat Indo-Malayan region. The
resin is imported into India mostly from Sumatra and Borneo.
English East Indian Dragon’s Blood.
Ayurvedic Raktaniryaas, Khoonkharaabaa, Heeraadokhi.
Unani Damm-ul-Akhwain.
Action Astringent. Used for diarrhoea, dysentery. Also used against malignant tumours.
The resin contains red tannin derivatives—drocoresinotannols, dracoresen and flavone quinones.
Dosage Resin—l—3 g. (CCRAS.)
Daemonorops jenkinsianus
Mart.
Synonym Calamusjenkinsianus Gruff.
Family Palmae; Aracaceae.
Habitat Assam, Khasi Hills and Sikkim.
Ayurvedic Vetra (related species of Calamus tenuis Roxb.)
Action Used as a vegetable for oedema, also in intrinsic haemorrhage.
Dalbergia lanceolaria Linn.f.
Synonym D. frondosa Roxb. Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae. Habitat The sub-Himalayan
tract, ascending up to 750 m, and throughout India.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium Beauv.
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Siddha/Tamil Erigai, Navelangu.
200 Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.
