Botanical Name: Quassia indica Nooteboom.
Family: Simaroubaceae
Names in different Indian languages
| English | Niepa bark tree |
|---|---|
| Hindi | Lokanthi |
| Kannada | Nipa, samedra |
| Malayalam | Karinnota |
| Sanskrit | Guccha karanja |
| Tamil | Nibam, karigotai |
| Telugu | Lokanti |
| Unani | |
| Folk |
Synonyms
Samadera indica Gaertn.
S. indica var. lucida Blatter.
S. lucida Wall.
Morphology
Medium sized tree, grows 5-8 m height
Leaves – simple, oblong, alternate,
Flower – pinkish green, umbel
Fruit – large, flat
uses:
emetic, purgative, rheumatism, erysipelas
chemicals
quassinoids, indaquassin, A, D, E and F; samaderine B to E, dihydrosamaderine B, brucein D, soulameolide, cedronin
Descriptions on Ayurveda books / Nighandu:
