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Saturday, 3 August 2013

Actinodaphne hookeri Meissn.

Synonym-  A. angustifolia Nees.
Family-  Lauraceae.
Habitat-  The western Ghats, Orissa and Sikkim up to 1,500 m.
Siddha/Tamil-  Thali, Paratathali.
Folk-  Pisaa (Maharashtra).
Action-  Infusion of leaves—urinary tract disinfectant, antidiabetic,spasmolytic.The leaves contain a very small amount of an amorphous alkaloid.They also contain beta-sitosterol, hentriacontanone,hentriacontanol and quercetin-3-rhamnoside and hydrocarbons.
The bark gives an alkaloid, actinodaphnine.

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