modified phenylalanine dipeptide.
Essential oil from leaves—antibacterial, antifungal.
Dosage Bark—50—lOO ml decoction; leaf—1O—20 ml juice. (CCRAS.)
Derris uliginosa Benth.
Synonym D. trfoliate Lour. Family Fabaceae.
Habitat Costal forests of India and the Andamans.
Folk Paan-lataa (Bengal), Kitani (Maharashtra).
Action Stimulant, antispasmodic, counter-irritant. Bark—alterative in rheumatism. An oil prepared from the plant is used externally as an
embrocation.
The roots contain dehydrorotenone, lupeol and a ketone. Bark contains 9.3% tannic acid. Stems contain tannic acid, hexoic, arachidic and stearic acids, ceryl alcohol, isomerides of cholesterol, potassium nitrate, gums and resins.
Descurainia sophia
(Linn.) Webb ex Prantl.
Synonym Sisymbrium sophia L. Family Brassicaceae.
Habitat Temperate Himalaya from Kashmir to Kumaon at 2,200—4,100, also in eastern Himalaya.
English Flix Weed, Flax Weed.
Folk Khaakasi, Khuubkalaan.
210 Desmodium gangeticum DC.
Action Leaf and flower—astringent, antiscorbutic. Seed—expectorant, anti-inflammatory, febrifuge, antidysenteric. Aerial parts— antiviral, hypoglycaemic.
The plants has been used externally for ulcers, seeds are used as substitute or adulterant of the seeds of Sisymbrium iro Linn. (The source of Khaakasi, Khubb, Tukhm-e-Shahuh, Khuubkalaan of Unani medicine, known as Hedge Mustard or London Rocket.)
Desmodium gangeticum DC.
Synonym Hedysarum gangeticum Linn.
Family Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat Ascending to 1,500 m on the Himalaya; common on lower hills and plains throughout India.
Ayurvedic Shaaliparni, Shaalaparni, Sthiraa, Somyaa, Guhaa, Triparni, Vidaarigandha, Anshumati. Also used as Prshniparni. (Uraria picta Desv., Prshniparni, is used as a substitute for Shaalaparni.)
