Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Pieris ovalifolia (Wall.) D. Don [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].

Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Pieris ovalifolia (Wall.) D. Don [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

7.05. Pieris ovalifolia, D.Don, h.f.b.i.. hi. 460.

Syn. : — Andromeda ovalifolia, Wall.

Vern. : — Ayar (H.) ; Ayatta, eilan, ellal, arur, arwan (Pb.) ;

Anjir, angiar, jagguchal (Nepal) ; Piazay (Bhutia) ; Kangshior

(Lepcha).

Habitat: — Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan

and the Khasia Mountains.

A deciduous tree. Bark thick, fibrous, peeling off in long

narrow stripes, deeply cleft, the clefts often extending spirally

round the stem. Wood light, reddish-brown, soft, even-grained,

but warps badly. Height 20-40ft. Leaves 3-7 by l-4in., ovate-

elliptic oblong, acute or acuminate, entire, rounded at the base,

732 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS.

coriaceous, glabrous, often pilose beneath when young, petiole

i-Jin. Racemes axillary, simple, rarely falsely panicled by the

suppression of leaves towards the ends of the branches (C. B.

Clarke), more or less pubescent. Pedicels i-fin. long. Bracts Jin.,

lanceolate or linear, deciduous. Flowers white ; " sometimes

pink or bluish," says Brandis. Calyx-lobes 5, triangular lanceo-

late, jViin., connate at the base. Corolla f-f in. or J-§ in. long,

elongate ovoid, pubescent without ; lobes 5, short, recurved.

Stamens 10, hypogynous ; filaments subulate, ciliate, with two

filiform appendages, called " horns," at the apex ; anthers open

by terminal pores. Ovary 5-celled, ovules many in each cell.

Capsule Jin. diam., globose, loculicidally 5-valved ; seeds many,

minute, linear-oblong (Kanjilal).

Use : — The young leaves and buds are poisonous to goats,

they are used to kill insects, and an infusion of them is applied

in cutaneous diseases (Gamble).

[Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected information about over 8000 Formulations in which Lyonia roots are added as tertiary ingredient. These Formulations are mainly used for blood related diseases specially at advanced stages. Lyonia is popular among the expert Traditional Healers as wound healing plant. In treatment of Diabetes carbuncle it is used as promising remedy. With the help of Traditional Allelopathic Knowledge they treat different parts of Lyonia with herbal solutions in order to make it free from natural toxins. I have collected information about ten promsing Shodhan methods. Please see Tables Lyonia-1 to Lyonia-100 for details.]

Citation

Oudhia, Pankaj (2013). Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Pieris ovalifolia (Wall.) D. Don [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com