Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum Edgew.

Synonym:

Xanthoxylon violaceum Wall. Fagara oxyphylla (Edgew.) Engl.

Family:

Rutaceae.

Habitat:

The Himalayas from Garhwal to Bhutan at 1,800–2,700 m, and in Khasi Hills at 1,200–1,800 m.

Folk:

Mezenga (Assam); Timur, Bhansi (Nepal).

Action:

Bark—stimulant, stomachic, sudorific; used in colic; also administered in fevers. Fruits—prescribed for dyspepsia, also for asthma, bronchitis, rheumatism and toothache.

Alkaloids, xanthoxyphyllin and corydine and a lactone 3,5-bis furan 2-one have been isolated from the roots. Stem bark gave zanoxyline and rhetsinine. Dried branches with bark gave lignans (sesamin, eudesmin and epi-eudesmin), fluoroquinolone alkaloid gamma-fagarine, triterpenoid lupeol, beta-sitosterol and syringaresinol.