करञ्जी  – Holoptelia integrifolia

 

Name – करञ्जी

Botanical name – Holoptelia integrifolia

Description – Large deciduous tree; bark grey, scaly. Leaves elliptic-ovate, entire. Flowers greenish-yellow to brownish, in fasciculate racemes. Fruit a samara

Chemical Constituents- Stem bark contains friedelin, friedelin-3-Beta-ol. Heart-wood contains beta-sitosterol, hederagenin. Leaves contain hexacosanol, octacosanol, beta-sitosterol, beta-amyrin.

Use – Seeds contain yellow fatty oil.