Application : The bark and stem are used in inflammatory diseases and oedema; the fruit in dysuria and haemorrhagic diseases.
Botanical Name : Gmelina arborea
Description : Leaf—demulcent, bechic. Used for removing foetid discharges from ulcers.
Root—stomachic, laxative, antibilious, demulcent, galactagogue.
Bark—anticephalalgic.
Root and bark—febrifuge.
Common Name : Kattanam, Kumizham
English Name : Candahar tree,White Teak
Active Ingredient : The heartwood contains lignans, arborone, 7-oxodihydrogmelinol, paulownin acetate and epieudesmin; metrans-p-methoxycinnamate and trans-p-hydroxycinnamic acid.