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Botanical Name |
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Waltheria indica Linn. |
English
Name |
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Boater bush, Buff coat, Leather coat, Monkey bush, Sleepy morning, Velvet leaf, Waltheria |
Synonym(s) |
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Waltheria americana Linn. |
Family |
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Sterculiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect or procumbent, pubescent, perennial undershrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves simple, ovate to oblong, serrate; flowers small, yellow, in dense, globose clusters, capsules l-seeded, enclosed in the hairy calyx. |
| Herb Effects |
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Abortifacient, laxative, febrifugal, purgative and emollient (plant); hypothermic and sedative (plant-low dosage); excitedness (plant-high dosage); antisyphilitic (root) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Adouetines X. Y and Z, franginine and frangufoline (plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Frangufoline |
19526-09-1 |
N-[(10E)-7-butan-2-y
l-5,8-dioxo-3-propan
-2-yl-2-oxa-6,9-diaz
abicyclo[1
0.2.2]he
xadeca-10,13,15,17-t
etraen-4-yl]-2-dimet
hylamino-3-phenyl-pr
op
anamide |
C31H42N4O4 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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For drying and healing of wounds, against cough (plant powder) and in internal bleeding and syphilis (root); in skin-eruptions and for cleansing wounds (aerial parts) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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