Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. |
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Botanical Name |
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Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. |
Family |
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Euphorbiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A mostly dioecious, evergreen tree with pendant branches, attaining a height of up to 18 m and a girth of 2 m. Bark grey; leaves 5-10 cm long, elliptic-oblong to ovate-
lanceolate, dark green, shining; flowers small: male in dense rounded clusters, yellowish, female solitary or 2-3 together, green; drupe 15-18 mm long, ellipsoid or globose, white-tomentose: stone pointed, rugose, very hard; seed normally 1, with copious albumen. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiinflammatory (seed) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Putranjivoside (seed); putranjivadione and roxburgholone (bark); putrol, putrone and putranjivic acid (leaf). |
| Chemistry
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Putranjivadione |
Not Available |
4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,
14a-octamethyl-1,2,4
,5,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12
a,13,14,14
b-tetrad
ecahydropicene-3,6-d
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C30H48O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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For cold and fever, in rheumatism (leaves and stones) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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