Andhra Pradesh at 2,000 m, gave a phenolic glycoside, coniferin. The plant is used as an antiasthmatic.
Baliospermum montanum
(Wild.) Muell.-Arg.
Synonym B. axillare Bl. B. polyandrum Wt.
Croton polyandrus Roxb.
Family Euphorbiaceae.
Habitat The Himalayas, Assam,
Khasi Hifis, Bengal, Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar and Peninsular
India, ascending to 1,800 m.
Ayurvedic Danti, Nikumbha, Udumbarparni, Erandphalaa, Shighraa, Pratyak-shreni, Vishaalya. Baliospermum calycinum MuellArg. is considered as Naagadanti.
Siddha/Tamil Neeradimuthu, Danti. Folk Jangli Jamaalgotaa.
Action Seed—purgative. Leaves— purgative (also used in dropsy), antiasthmatic (decoction is given in asthma). Latex—used for body ache and pain of joints. Root and seed oil—cathartic, antidropsical.
Family Balanophoraceae.
Balsamodendron myrrha Nees. 79
Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicated the use of dried root in jaundice, abdominal lump and splenomegaly.
The presence of steroids, terpenoids and flavonoids is reported in the leaves. The root contains phorbol derivatives. EtOH extract of roots showed in vivo activity in P-388 lymphocytic leukaemia.
Dosage Root—103 g powder. (API Vol. III.)
Balsamodendron mukul
Hook. ex Stocks
Synonym Comm iphora mukul (Hook. ex Stocks) Engl.
C. wightii (Am.) Bhandari. Family Burseraceae.
Habitat Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka.
English Indian Bdellium, Gum Guggul.
Ayurvedic Guggul, Devadhoop, Kaushika, Pur, Mahishaaksha,
Palankash, Kumbha, Uluukhala.
Unani Muqallal yahood, Muql, Bu-e -Jahudaan
