Application : The bark and stem are used in inflammatory diseases and oedema; the fruit in dysuria and haemorrhagic diseases.
Botanical Name : Gmelina arborea
Active Ingredient : The heartwood contains lignans, arborone, 7-oxodihydrogmelinol, paulownin acetate and epieudesmin; metrans-p-methoxycinnamate and trans-p-hydroxycinnamic acid.
Common Name : Kattanam, Kumizham
Description : Leaf—demulcent, bechic. Used for removing foetid discharges from ulcers.
Root—stomachic, laxative, antibilious, demulcent, galactagogue.
Bark—anticephalalgic.
Root and bark—febrifuge.
Description : Bark—astringent, antiseptic, alterative, laxative, haemostatic, vaginal disinfectant
Leaves and twigs— laxative
The dried fruits are used as a uterine tonic
Uses : Used in diabetes, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders; also in skin diseases. Applied externally on unhealthy ulcers and wounds.
English Name : Peepal, Bot-tree
Active Ingredient : Beta-sitosteryl-D-glucoside, Vitamin K, n-octacosanol, methyl oleanolate, lanosterol, stigmasterol, lupen-3-one, 4.9% protein having the essential amino acids, isoleucine and phenylalanine