antidote to poison. In
Assam, the juice of the root bark
is given to children in threadworm
infection.
The plant gave tetracyclic alkaloids— (+)-erythraline and (+)-erythrinine.
Erythroxylum coca Lam.
Family Erythroxylaceae.
Habitat Indigenus to Peru and Bolivia, introduced and experimentally cultivated in Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
English Coca, Cocaine Plant.
Siddha/Tamil Sivadari.
Action Mydriatic and toxic. (Coca leaf extract, after removing cocaine, is used as a flavouring agent for
soft drinks. Maximum use level:
0.055%.)
Coca leaves contain a large number of alkaloids including cocaine, tropacocaine, cinnamoylcocaine, truxillines and benzoylecgonine. (alkaloid content varies from 0.5 to 1.5%). The bark and seeds also contain cocaine.
Coca is subject to restrictions in most countries.
Not to be confused with Cocoa seed (Theobroma cacao.)
Erythroxylum monogynum
Roxb.
Synonym E. indicum (DC.) Bedd.
Family Erythroxylaceae.
Habitat South India, up to 1,000 m.
English Bastard Sandal, Red Cedar.
Ayurvedic Kattuchandanam (Kerala).
Siddha/Tamil Devadaram.
Folk Gandh-giri (Maharashtra).
Eugenia uniflora Linn. 247
Action Leaf—diaphoretic, stimulant, diuretic, stomachic. A decoction is used for malarial fever. Bark and wood—febrifuge.
The wood yields diterpenes, including monogynol, OH-ogynol, devadarool; d-hibaene, its epoxide and
