Botanic
name: Gardenia gummifera
Family: Rubiaceae
Other names:
Malayalam: Gandharajan, Kambimaram.
Sanskrit: Gandharaj, Hingunadika, Nadihingu.
Tamil: Sirukkambil, Deekkamalli, Puranapalam.
Hindi: Dikamali.
It is a shrub
or small tree of dry deciduous woodland. Grows up to 3 meters.
Leaves: Simple,Opposite, 5-50 cm long and 3-25 cm
broad, dark green and glossy
with a leathery texture.
Flowers: Solitary and white in colour .
Branchlets of
this plant exude a yellow resin. This resin is secreted in the form of tears, it
is transparent, greenish yellow in colour with sharp pungent taste and
offensive odour.
This resin is Acrid, Bitter,Thermogenic,Antispasmodic,Expectorant,Appetiser,
Carminative and Digestive.
This exudate is used in traditional medicine, in the
form of paste and powder. It is used to treat lack of taste, wound,
indigestion, constipation, abdominal distentions, colic pain, roundworm, cough,
respiratory diseases, fever, and skin diseases.
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