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Trichodesma zeylanicum  R.BR.

   

Botanical Name

:

Trichodesma zeylanicum R.BR.

English Name

:

Camel bush

Synonym(s)

:

Borago zeylanicum Burm. f.

Family

:

Boraginaceae

 

General Info

Description

A stout, coarse, wiry, erect or diffuse, hispid, annual herb, usually 30 to 60 cm high; stems densely pilose, often purple. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5 to 10 cm long and 1.3 to 2.5 cm wide, apex acute or subobtuse, margins entire, base acute, upper surface covered with stout, stiff, bulbous to based hairs, finely pubescent on veins beneath; upper leaves sessile or very short to petioled, lower leaves with petioles 4 to 13 mm long. Flowers pale blue, numerous, borne solitary and axillary or in irregular nodding racemose, terminal paniculate cymes with long, drooping pedicels; Fruits ellipsoid, nutlets ovoid-oblong, smooth, obscurely margined, 4 to 5 mm long, grey-brown when ripe.

Herb Effects

The leaves are credited with emollient, demulcent, and diuretic properties and are used to prepare emollient poultices; hypothermic and stimulates the central nervous system (plant)

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Toxic alkaloids, such as supinene and linoleic, oleic, octadeca tri and tetra enoic acids (seed).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
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CAS#

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Formula

Structure

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Linoleic acid 8024-22-4 Octadeca-9,12-dienoi
c acid
C18H32O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Oleic acid 8046-01-3 octadec-9-enoic acid C18H34O2 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

In hemorrhoids (plant); analgesic (root); as a diuretic and demulcent (leaf). In Ayurveda the plant is considered alexipharmic and is used to treat leucoderma and piles.

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.

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