Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Hydnocarpus wightiana Blume [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Hydnocarpus
wightiana Blume [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
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109. Hydnocarpus Wightiana, Blume. h.f.b.l,
1.196.
Vern. :— Kowti (called %\€t in Rajapur, Ratanagiri District,
whence the purest oil of seed, can be procured, Kadu-Kavata
(Bomb.) ; Kosto (Goaj ; Maravettie (Tarn.) ; Xlorotti, (Mai.)
;
Jangli badam (seeds) ; Jangli badam ka tel (oil)
vittalu (seeds- ; niradi-vittulu-nane (oil) (Tel.)
Habitat: — Western Peninsula, from the S. Concan along
the Coast range.
A tall tree. Wood whitish. Twigs usually brown, pubes-
cent (rarely glabrate,, as are the recemes. Leaves 4-9 by
1J-4 in.,
coriaceous or membranous, sometimes deeply obtusely serrate
or toothed, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, long, acuminate,
base
round, acute or subcordate. Petiole J-| in. Flowers 1 in.
diain., solitary or racemed : white, pentandrous. Sepals
green,
pubescent, 3 inner ones longer. Petals ciliate, twice as long
as the ovate, fimbriate scales. Stamens villous at base,
equalling
the petals. Female flowers with imperfect stamens. Ovary
densely pubescent. Fruit a berry, 2-4 in., of the size of a
small
orange, with a hard rind, many-seeded, tomentose. Seeds
obtusely angular, embedded in pulp, testa crustaceous,
striate.
Albumen oily ; colyledons very broad, flat.
Parts used : — The seeds. [Pankaj Oudhia’s
Comment: All parts are used as medicine.]
Use : — The seeds have long been used as a domestic
remedy upou the Western Coast, in certain obstinate skin dis-
eases, ophthalmia, and a dressing for wounds and ulcers. The
oil expressed from them is used in scabby eruptions mixed
with
an equal portion of Jatropha curcas oil, sulphur, camphor and
lime-juice. [Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: Jatropha
can be deleted from this combination as Jatropha can cause serious problems in
such cases.] For scald head, equal parts of the oil and
lime
water are used as a liniment. The oil has been recommended
as a substitute for Chaulmogra. and is being used in the
Bombay Presidency, with satisfactory results. In the Konkan
also, the oil has a reputation as a remedy for Barsati in
horses.
N. o. bixine^:, 125
The fatty oil from its seeds very closely resembles
Chaulmoogra oil,
both in physical characters and in chemical composition. The
acids obtained
from the oil consist chiefly of Chaulmoogric acid and a lower
homologue of
the same series. This new acid has the formula : C 10 -H 2 2
and is designated
hydnocarpic acid.
Hydnocarpic acid crystallises from alcohol in glistening
leaflets, melts at
60° and has [c<]d+68° in chloroform solution. Like Chaulmoogric
acid, it
contains only one ethylenic linking, and, therefore, in
consideration of its
formula, C 10 -H 23 O 2 (C w H 2?l — 40 2 ) must possess an
alicyclic grouping.
(Power and Barrowcliff, Transactions, Ch. S. Vol. LXXXVII, p.
884 et seq.
[Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected
information about over 32000 Herbal Formulations for skin diseases in which Hydnocarpus is added as tertiary ingredient. In over 20000
Herbal Formulations Hydnocarpus bark is added as quinary ingredients. In over
25000 Herbal Formulations used for diseases of nervous system Hydnocarpus is
added as septenary ingredient. Hundreds of Formulations are used to manage the
excess, overdose and toxicity of Hydnocarpus by the Traditional Healers. Please
see Tables Hydnocarpus-1 to Hydnocarpus-250 for details.]
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