- Family:
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Combretaceae.
- Habitat:
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Native to Java and Malaysia; cultivated in Indian gardens.
- English:
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Rangoon Creeper.
- Ayurvedic:
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Rangoon-ki-Bel.
- Siddha/Tamil:
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Irangunmalli.
- Folk:
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Laal-chameli.
- Action:
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Fruits and seeds—anthelmintic (particularly against ascarites and soporific). Seeds—soporific. Ripe seeds are roasted and given in diarrhoea and fever. Macerated in oil, are applied to parasitic skin diseases. Leaves—decoction prescribed in abdominal pain.
The leaves and flowers gave rutin and pelargonidin-3-glucoside, quisqualic acid, trigonelline, L-proline and L-asparagine.
Quisqualic acid showed anthelmintic activity. Seeds gave arachidic, linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids.
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Khare, C. (2007). Quisqualis indica Linn.. In: Khare, C. (eds) Indian Medicinal Plants. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_1314
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