Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Balanites roxburghii Planch. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Balanites
roxburghii Planch. [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
250.- —
Balanites Roxburghii, Planch. H. F. B. I.,
i. 522.
Syn. :— Ximenia aegyptiaca, B. aegyptiaca, Wall.
Sans : —
Ingudi-Vrikshaka.
Ver : — Hingan,
ingua, hingol, liingota (H.) ; Egorea, hinger
(Guz.) ; Hingon
(B.) ; Hinganbet, hingan (Dec) ; Garah, (Goncli) ;
Nanjunda (Tam.)
; Mancliuta (Mai.) ; Gari ; gara-chethi, ringri
(Tel).
Hingoriyun (Porebunder and Guz.)
Habitat: — Drier
parts of India, from Cawnpore to Sikkim,
Behar, Guzerat,
Khandeish and the Deccan. Mhasvad Road,
Satara district.
Burmah.
A scraggy shrub
; in favourable situations, a small tree,
30ft. high, with
glabrous puberulous branches, ending in very
strong, sharp,
ascending spines. Wood yellowish white, moder-
ately hard. Bark
yellow or cinereous. The roots spread far
and throw up
root-suckers at a considerable distance from
the trunk.
Leaves of two elliptic or obovate puberulous, entire
coriaceous
leaflets. Cymes 4-10-flowered. Flowers white or
green, fragrant.
Sepals and petals ovate, velvety-pubescent,
more than an
inch long. Drupes ovoid, lj-2in. long, 5-grooved ;
pulp bitter,
with an offensive greasy smell. Stone hard,
tubercled.
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290 INDIAN
MEDICINAL PLANTS.
Parts used : — The
seeds, Bark, leaves and fruit. [Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: All parts are
used both internally as well as externally as medicine.]
Use : — "
The seeds are given in coughs [Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: More herbs are
added with it in order reduce its possible harmful effects and to enhacne its
effectiveness.].
The bark, unripe
fruit, and
leaves are pungent, bitter and purgative, and are
considered to
have anthelmintic properties [Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: This is the
reason it is very popular among the Traditional Healers having expertise in
treatment of Vitiligo.]. The African Arabs
use the pulp of
the fruit as a detergent and the bark to poison
fish."
(Dymock.)
[Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: The
Etnbotanical surveys till year 2004 resulted in information about over 50,000
Balanites based Herbal Formulations in which it is added as primary ingredient.
The recent surveys based on interactions with Herb Traders and Healers of young
generation resulted in much information and in my database now there are
thousands of new Formulations. The recent surveys revelated that the senior
natives are aware of more information about Traditional Formulations as
compared to the Healers in many cases, although they have superficial
information. These Formulations are new to the modern science and many research
organisations are conducting systematic research on this important species
under my technical supervision. For details of all surveys please see Tables
Balan-1 to Balan-186.]
According to
Surgeon Parker of Poona, the seeds are useful
in colic (Watt 1
Dictionary, Vol. I.) [Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Less popular use these days.]
The soft parts
of the fruit contain 7 per cent, of the Saponin C 13 H 23 O 10 .
J. Ch. S. 1901 A
I 648,
A sample of oil prepared by the natives of Marogoro (German East
Africa) from the
seeds was of a light yellow colour and had a pleasant nutty
taste and smell.
It had the following characteristics :— Sp. gr. 0-9173 (15 C C) ;
Sapon. Value
195'6 ; Reichert-Meissl Value, 0'55 ; Poleuske Value 0'4 ; iodine
Value, 77*2 ;
Acid Value 8 5; unsaponifiable, 0*07 percent; Stearic acid content,
2-4 per cent.
The oil became cloudy at 8-8°C. J. Ch. I. 15th Ma- 1912 p : 442
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