Botanical name : Atlantia monophylla Linn.
Family : Rutaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Aranyanimbuka, Aranyajambira,
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Rooksha
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Wild lime tree, Wild lemon
Hindi : Banjamir nimbu, Bannimbu
Malayalam : Kattunarakam, Kattunaragam
Distribution – Growing wild throughout India
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large thorny shrub grows up to 2.5 meters in height. Leaves simple, alternate, oblong, alternate, entire or crenulate. Flowers small seen in axillary racemes. Fruits small, round berries contain small seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, flatulance, colic, hemiplegia, arthritis, skin diseases, bacterial infections and malignancy.
Useful part : Bark, Leaves.
CHEMICAL CONTENTS
The rootbark yields alkaloids, atalaphylline and its N-methyl derivatives and atalaphyllidine, which have close structural similarities with the antitumour alkaloid, acronycine, and its cogeners. The rootbark also contains the limonoid, atalantin. The leaf juice forms an ingredient of a compound liniment used in hemiplegia. The essential oil is used in paralysis. The oil contains higher terpene esters belonging to azulene group (29%). (Azulenes impart anti-inflammatory activity.)
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