Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Karadamul |
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| Formal name | Karanja | |
Other names Tips！ | Karanda (Sin), Karanj (B), Karanj (H), Hongemara (K), Ungu (M), Kanugacettu (Te), Ponga, Pongam (Ta) | |
| English name | Indian Beech | |
| Original plant name | Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre (= Pongamia glabra Vent.), Indian beech | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Polonnaruwa | |
| Collection date | 1980/01/27 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 6369 | |
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Collection information
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Karanja (Root), Indian Beech | |||
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| Original plant name | Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre (= Pongamia glabra Vent.) | ||||
| Family name | Leguminosae | ||||
| Used part | Root, Bark, Leaves, flowers, Seeds, Oil. | ||||
| Distribution area | Occurs in India, Ceylon, Malaya, Australia, Polynesia and Philippine islands. It is common in the low country in Ceylon on banks of streams and rivers, especially near the coast. | ||||
| Common uses | Karanja is acrid and hot and used in the treatment of vaginal diseases, skin diseases like scabies, eczema, leprosy, ulcers, intestinal obstruction, phantom tumour, piles, abdominal and splenic enlargement. Roots are good for cleaning foul ulcers, cleaning teeth, strengthening gums and gonorrhoea. A root paste is used for local application in scrofulous enlargements. Juice of the roots is used in the treatment of gonorrhoea. | ||||
| 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. 4 (Repr.1997), p 339. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 215. Medicinal plants (Indigenous and exotic) used in Ceylon, Vols. 1-5, 1982. Jayaweera, D.M.A., The National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo Vol. 3, p 229. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/06 | ||||
