Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Aglaia roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq. [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
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For original publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918) please visit https://archive.org/details/indianmedicinalp01kirt
266. Aglaia Roxbiirghiana, ri. f. b. L, i. 553.
Sy)i : — Milnea Roxburghiana W. and A., A. odoratissima,
Blume.
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314 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS.
Vern. : — Priyangu (B, H, Mar. and Sans.)
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, from the Concan and
Midnapore southwards.
A large evergreen tree (near the coast in Kanara, a shrub).
Bark light brown, smooth, peeling of! in flat rectangular
scales.
Wood bright red, hard, very tough, close-grained, handsomely
marked. Annual rings distinguished by a darker belt. Pores
small, scanty, in narrow rings of whitish tissue which run
concentrically and appear on a cross-section as narrow wavy
lines. Medullary rays fine, numerous, evenly distributed ;
the
distance between them equal to or less than the diameter of
the
pores. Youngest shoots and inflorescences clothed with round
peltate scales. Leaves 3-7in. Leaflets 1^-4|- by f-3in.,
glabrous
opposite, pale beneath ; naked part of common petiole as long
as the upper portion ; petiolules iq to |in. Flowers xVn.
diam. ; in. diam, says Brandis. Panicles rather supra-
axillary, pyramidal ; elongate, pedicels short. Calyx dull
yellow,
often covered with stellate hairs. Petals yellow. Fruit fin.
diam. : buff- coloured, very minutely pilose. Seed ovoid,
sur-
rounded with a white thick, slighty acid edible pulp, embryo
green, radicle minutely pilose.
Use : — Said by the Sanscrit writers to be cooling, and
useful in burning of the body and painful micturition. The
fruit is described as sweet, astringent and tonic. (U. K.
Dutt.)
[Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected
information about over 95,000 Traditional Herbal Formulations in which Aglaia
bark is added secondary ingredient. In over 30,000 Herbal Formulations used for
treatment of neurological disorders Aglaia roots are added as tertiary
ingredient. The Modern literature gives very less knowledge about this
medicinally important species. There is need to study this species in detail
and also conduct clinical trails to validate Aglaia based Traditional Herbal
Formulations. Please see Tables Agla-1 to Agla-200 for information on Herbal
Formulations in which Aglaia plays important role.]
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Citation
Oudhia, Pankaj (2013).
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Aglaia
roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Miq. [Kirtikar,
Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com
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