Crude drug sample data base
※Click on the image to enlarge it.
Crude drug name | Market name | Phool semal |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Salmali | |
Other names Tips！ | Semal (T), Simul (B), Semal, Semul (H), Burugadamara (K), Elavu (M), Mulluburugachettu (Te), Ilavu, Purani (Ta), Simal (N) | |
| English name | Red Silk Cotton Tree | |
| Original plant name | Bombax ceiba Linn., Red Silk Cotton Tree | |
| Family name | Bombacaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | flower |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12259 | |
The capital city, provincial capital city or the representative
location of its administrative area is indicated.
location of its administrative area is indicated.
Production area information
https://ethmed.toyama-wakan.net/img/pin_san.png
28.6139391
77.20902120000005
Collection information
India,New Delhi
https://ethmed.toyama-wakan.net/img/pin_nyu.png
Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Salmali (Flowers), Red Silk Cotton Tree | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude drug image |
| ||||
| Original plant name | Bombax ceiba Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Bombacaceae | ||||
| Used part | Flowers, Gum, Roots, Bark, Leaves, Young fruits, Seeds | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India upto 1500m altitude, also planted and raised in plantations. | ||||
| Remarks | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | Flowers are astringent and cooling. They are good for skin troubles, enlargement of spleen, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids and leucorrhoea/leucorrhea. Flowers are used in snakebite. They are astringent to the bowels. Dried flowers are macerated with milk and taken orally for permanent sterilization. Paste of the flowers is employed as an application in cutaneous troubles. Flower buds and fleshy calyces are eaten. Flowers are made into a conserve by boiling with the seeds of poppy and sugar in goat's milk. Dried and powdered flowers are made into bread with or without corn. Flowers are eaten by cattle, birds, squirrels and deer. They are a source of nectar to the honeybees. Young fruits are reported to be employed as expectorant, stimulant and diuretic and are considered beneficial in calculous affections, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the bladder and kidneys. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | - Alcoholic extract of the flowers contains: hentriacontane, hentriacontanol, beta-sitosterol, beta-D-glucoside, quercetin, kaempferol and essential oil. - A polysaccharide containing D-galactose, L-arabinose and L-rhamnose have been obtained from the dried stamens. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), p 289. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement p 218. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 1, pp 354-355. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/01/12 | ||||
