Synonym T sinensis (Lour.) Merrill.
T. tomentosa (Colebr.) Miers.
Family Men ispermaceae.
Habitat Throughout India, ascending to an altitude of 1,000 m.
Ayurvedic Kandodbhava-guduchi, Vatsaadani, Padma-Guduuchi.
Folk Gurch.
Action Fresh leaves and stem are used in chronic rheumatism. Known as “muscle-relaxing vine” in China.
Used as a substitute for T cordifolia. The plant is an inferior substitute as it contains less of carbohydrates, sterols, alkaloids and tannins.
Alkaloid magnoflorine shows hypotensive as well as curare-like effect in animals.
Toddalia asiatica (Linn.) Lam. Synonym T aculeata Pers. Family Rutaceae.
Habitat Tropical Himalayas, from Kumaon eastwards to Assam, Khasi hills and throughout the Western Peninsula.
English Wild Orange tree, Forest Pepper.
The mucilage from leaves gave galactan, pentosan, methyl pentosan and sugars.
664 Torenia travancorica Gamble.
Ayurvedic Kanchana.
Siddha/Tamil Kattu Milagu,
Milagaranai.
Folk Jangali Kaali-mirch, Kanja.
Action Whole plant—febrifuge, diuretic, Leaves— antispasmodic. Rootbark—antipyretic, diaphoretic, antiperiodic.
Used as a tonic during convales cenc and constitutional debility. (The
rootbark was used medicinally in the
past in Europe under the name Lopez
Root or Cortex Radicis as an antimalar ia drug.)
Unripe fruits and roots are included
in liniments used for rheumatism.
The rootbark contains alkaloids, in cludin toddaline, toddalinine, skim mianine The root gave coumarins, in cludin toddanol, toddanone, todda sin pimpineilin, iso-pimpinellin and
toddalolactone.
