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Market nameEsala
Formal nameAragvadha (Bark)
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Amultas, Bandarlati, Sundali (B), Amaltas, Bandarlauri (H), Kakkemara, Rajataru (K), Kanikonna, Kritamalam, Svarnaviram (M), Aragvadhamu, Kolaponna, Rellachettu (Te), Arakkuvadam, Konnei, Sarakkondai (Ta), Rodbir chako zara (Ne), Ehela (Sin)
English nameGolden Shower, Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Purging Fistula
Original plant nameCassia fistula Linn., Golden-Shower, Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Purging Fistula
Family nameCaesalpiniaceae (Former Leguminosae)
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification bark
Collection informationDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Ayurveda Cooperation
Collection date1983/02/
TMPW No.1566

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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name
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Original plant nameCassia fistula Linn.
Family nameCaesalpiniaceae (Former Leguminosae)
Used partBark, Fruit, Root, Flowers and Leaves.
Distribution areaOccurs throughout tropical India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Java and Philippine Islands. It is very common in Ceylon in the forests of the dry zone.
Common usesBark is sweet, cold, germicidal, anthelmintic, emetic, febrifuge and purgative. It is used in the treatment of fever, heart diseases, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, malarial affections, haemetemesis/hemetemesis, dyspepsia, colic, constipation, ulcers, ringworm, boils, pustules, leprosy, strangury, leucoderma, eczema, ascitis, diabetes, jaundice, syphilis, dysuria, arthritis and chronic rheumatism. It promotes digestion and appetite.

Stem bark is reported to be eaten raw for stomach ache.
Pharmacological effectBark possesses tonic and anti dysenteric properties. The extract of stem bark showed high interferon like antiviral activity against Ranikhet disease virus and Vaccinia Virus (VV).
Medical systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
ReferencesReference book 

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[2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras)
Vol. 2 (Repr.1997), p 11.

Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
p 48.

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 179.

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