Wrightia antidysenterica
| Wrightia antidysenterica | |
|---|---|
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| Flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Wrightia |
| Species: | W. antidysenterica |
| Binomial name | |
| Wrightia antidysenterica (L.) R.Br. | |
Wrightia antidysenterica, the coral swirl or tellicherry bark, is a flowering plant in the genus Wrightia. Wrightia antidysenterica is sometimes confused with the species Holarrhena pubescens due to a second, taxonomically invalid publication of the name Holarrhena pubescens. It has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition. It is known in Sanskrit as kuṭaja or ambikā[1] and in Sinhala it is called වල් ඉද්ද (wal idda). It is also known as "white angel" in the Philippines.
Medicinal Use
Wrightia antidysenterica may be useful in treating gut motility disorders.[2]
Construction
The juice of this plant is a potent ingredent for a mixture of wall plaster, according to the Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra, which is a Sanskrit treatise dealing with Śilpaśāstra (Hindu science of art and construction).[3]
References
- ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ Gilani AH, Khan A, Khan AU, Bashir S, Rehman NU, Mandukhail SU (2010). "Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of Holarrhena antidysenterica in gut motility disorders.". Pharm Biol. 48 (11): 1240–6. doi:10.3109/13880201003727960. PMID 20822397.
- ↑ Nardi, Isabella (2007). The Theory of Citrasutras in Indian Painting. Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 1134165234.