Family Turneraceae.
Habitat West Bengal and Orissa and in the Peninsular India, particularly on the coast.
English West Indian Holly,
Sagerose.
Folk Bhinjir (Maharashtra).
Action Herb—prescribed in
indigestion, biliousness (leaves
are used against dysentery), chest
ailments and rheumatism.
_______ The fresh plant yields a mixture
T) of cyanohydrin glucosides deidaclin and tetraphyllin. Seeds, along with normal fatty acids, contain a few unusual fatty acids, including vernolic, malvalic and octanoic acids.
An allied species Turnera dffusa var. aphrodisiaca, a native to the Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, (known as Damiana) is used in India by homoeopathic practitioners as a tonic and sex restorative, and for treating premature ejaculation.
Turnera diffusa Wilid. has been included among unapproved herbs
by German Commission E. The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia recognizes its thymoleptic activity.
Turraea villosa Benn.
Family Meliaceae.
Habitat Gujarat to Karnataka, both on the hills and the coasts, and in the Anamalai Hills in Tamil Nadu up to 1,200 m.
Folk Pandre, Kapuur—bhendi (Maharashtra).
Action Root—applied to fistula; also administered in leprosy.
Villosterol, a pregnene steroid, has been isolated from the plant.
T virens Linn. (Kerala) is reported to be employed in the treatment of fits.
Tussilago farfara Linn.
Family Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat Western Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal at 1,500—3,500 m.
English Coughwort, Coltsfoot, Asses’ Foot.
Unani Fanjiyun.
Action Leaves and flowers— anticatarrhal, antitussive, expectorant, antispasmodic, demulcent, anti-inflammatory. Used for dry, unproductive, irritative cough, smoker’s cough, whooping cough, bronchial
