Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Turraea villosa Benn. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Turraea
villosa Benn. [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
260. Turraea villosa, Benn. h.f.b.l, i. 542.
Vern : — Kapur-bhendi (Bom.).
Habitat : — Western Peninsula ; on the Anamally and
Alahableshwar hills ; Guzerat at Dolca.
N. 0. MELIAOEiE. 299
A large or small shrub more or less pubescent with short
hairs. Leaves thin, pubescent, ovate, acute or shortly
acumin-
ate, acute or obtuse at base, entire ; in flower usually
about
l^in., in fruit about 2-4 by 2J-lJin. Petioles |in. long,
pubes-
cent. Flowers sweet-scented, white, axillary 1-1 Jin. long,
in few
— flowered clusters or short racemes ; peduncles short,
pedicles
fin. long, hairy, tomentose. Calyx short, cup-shaped,
pubescent
outside, teeth acute. Petals yellow, linear, longer than the
Staminal — tube, free, glabrous. Staminal-tube glabrous,
slender,
f-lin. long, dilated at top, teeth subulate, short. Anthers \
as
long. Ovary 5-celled. Style long, exserted, Stigma capitate,
urn-shaped. Capsule sub-globose, glabrate, Jin. diam.
(Talbot).
Seeds not winged (W.P. Hiern).
Western Peninsula, on the Ghats, from the Concan south-
ward ; Mahableshwar, North Canara. Gujrat at Dolra (Dholara).
Use : — " The root is used as an application to
fistulas, and
is administered internally in black leprosy" (Dymock).
[Pankaj
Oudhia’s Comment: Not only roots but all parts of Turraea are used for treatment of Anal Fistula (Bhagandar).
Through Ethnobotanical surveys I have collected information about over 35,000
Herbal Formulations for Anal Fistula in which Turraea is added as important
ingredient. In over 15,000 Formulations Turraea roots are added as secondary
ingredient. In treatment of different types of skin diseases Turraea is added
in over 50,000 Formulations as quinary ingredient. In over 18,000 Formulations used
for treatment of blood related diseases Turraea is added as octonary ingredient.
Please see Tables Turraea-1 to Turraea-150 for details.]
Citation
Oudhia, Pankaj (2013).
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Turraea villosa Benn. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu.
"Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian
Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com
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