Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on
Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet [Kirtikar,
Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia
Introduction
Based on Ethnobotanical
surveys since year 1990 in different parts of India Pankaj Oudhia has
documented vital information about Medicinal Plants mentioned in the famous
publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918). Through this research document Pankaj
Oudhia has tried to present original document with additional notes. For
complete paper with pictures, Interactive Tables, Video and Audio clips please
visit pankajoudhia.com
For original publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918) please visit https://archive.org/details/indianmedicinalp01kirt
155. Abutilon indicum G. Don. h.f.b.i.,
i. 326.
Syn. : — A. asiaticum, W. &. A. Sida Indica, Linn. Roxb.
518.
Sanskrit — Atibala, Kankatika.
Vern. : — Kanghi, kungain, Tootree, Potaree (H.) ; simbul,
Peelee-bootee (Pb. and Sind) ; Ati khirati-pala ;Pb.) ;
Potari,
(B.) ; Mini baha (Santatl) ; Petari, madmi, Kanghai chakra-
bhenda. (Bomb); Petari, Tupkadi, Tubocuty (Goa). Tatti,
(Tarn;; Uram, Pettaka (Mai); Anona (Sinhalesi) ; Peruntufcti,
Vaddatuth (Tam.). The seeds, Balbij (Bomb).
Habitat : — Throughout tropical India. Dry Country
Ceylon.
A semi-shrubby annual or perennial ; branches very finely
downy ; Leaves -f-1 in., broadly ovate, very cordate at base,
N. 0. MALVACEAE. 175
acute, irregularly and coarsely dentate or erose, white, with
very fine, dense pubescence on both sides, especially
beneath,
petioles very long, 1-3 in.; jointed near top. Flowers about
1 in.,
nodding. Pedicel slender, jointed near top. Calyx lobes,
shallow, apiculate ; carpels 15-20, readily separating when
ripe, sparsely and roughly hairy on back, beak short, sharp,
spreading horizontally. Seeds minutely-dotted (Trimen), (Max-
well M. Masters).
Flowers orange yellow, throughout the year (Ceylon),
\ in. diam., opening in the evening (Masters).
Parts used : —The root ; bark ; leaves ; seeds and fruits.
Use : — An infusion of the leaves or of the roots is pre-
scribed in fevers as a cooling medicine (Ainslie). [Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected information
about over 23,000 Traditional Herbal Formulations for different types of fever
in which Abutilon leaves are added as secondary ingredient.Please see Tables
Abut-1 to Abut-45 for details.]The seeds
are
reckoned aphrodisiac [Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: Through
Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected information about over 55,000
Traditional Herbal Formulations used as Aphrodisiac in which Abutilon seeds are
added as quaternary ingredient.Please see Tables Abut-46 to Abut-120 for
details.] and are used as a laxative in piles. [Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected information
about over 30,000 Traditional Herbal Formulations for treatment of Piles in
which Abutilon seeds are added as quinary ingredient.Please see Tables Abut-121
to Abut-140 for details.]
The seeds are burned on charcoal, and recta of children
affected with thread worms are exposed to the smoke. [Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Not a popular Healing method these days.]
A decoction of the leaves is used as a mouth-wash in cases
of tooth-ache and tender gums, and also in gonorrhoea and
inflammation of the bladder.
In Western India, the bark is valued as a diuretic, and the
seeds on account of their demulcent and mucilaginous
properties
(Dymock).
The infusion of the root is useful in strangury and has ura-
turia [Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: Through
Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected information about over 70,000
Traditional Herbal Formulations for urinary diseases in which Abutilon roots
are added as octonary ingredient.Please see Tables Abut-141 to Abut-215 for
details.]
The infusion of the root is said to be useful in leprosy.
The seeds are given in the treatment of coughs.
According to the Chinese in Hong-Kong, the seeds are
employed as an emollient and demulcent ; the root is used as
a
diuretic and pulmonary sedative, and the flowers and leaves
as a
local application to boils and ulcers. Porter Smith states
that
the seeds and the entire plant are used as " demulcent,
lenitive,
diuretic, laxative and discutient remedies. Puerperal
diseases,
urinary disorders, chronic dysentery and fevers are treated
with
the seeds." Notes on Chinese Materia Medica by Ho Kai
and
Crow in Ph. J. for Oct. 22, 1887.
The leaves contain some mucilaginous substance which
176 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS.
they yield to hot water. Their decoction is therefore useful
as a fomentation to painful parts. The seeds have a distinct
control over gonorrhoea, gleet, and chronic cystitis (Moodeen
Sheriff),
The juice of leaves about one tola, and ghee one tola, are
given in catarrhal bilious diarrhoea. K.R.K.
E-documents on Abutilon
Citation
Oudhia, Pankaj (2013).
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu.
"Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian
Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com
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