| PlantID | 0084 |
| Botanical Name | Holarrhena antidysenterica |
| Common Name | Kurchi |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Asteridae | | Order: | Gentianales | | Family: | Apocynaceae | | Genus: | Holarrhena | | Species: | antidysenterica |
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| Part used | Seeds, leaves and bark. |
| Medicinal Properties | Seeds and Bark: anthelmintic, antidysenteric, astringent, bitter, febrifuge and stomachic. Seeds: antiperiodic, carminative.
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| Medicinal Use | useful in anaemia, colic pain, diarrhoea, haematuria, menorrhagia, obstetric conditions, spermatorrhoea, splenomegaly. Seeds: decoction beneficial in chronic dysentery and in bleeding piles. Powdered seeds mixed with honey given in chronic chest affection, asthma and colic pain. Leaves: used in chronic bronchitis. Bark: useful in colitis, stomachic and tonic.
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| Chemistry | Conessidine, conessimine and isoconessimine, sonessine, conimine, holadiene, holarrhenine, conamine, conarrhimine, holarrhine, kurchine, lettocine, norconessine. Linoceric, linolenic, linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids.
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| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Tropical parts of Rajasthan. Also cultivated on road-sides. |
| Description | A small deciduous tree. Leaves: elliptic, oblong, ovate or ovate-oblong, nerves 10-14 pairs, strong arched. Flowers: borne in corymbose cymes, white, fragrant. Sepals acuminate. Corolla-tube slender, lobes oblong. Fruits: follicles, slender, parallel, terete, usually with long white spots. Seeds: narrowly linear-oblong, glabrous. Flowers from April-July and fruits from August-October.
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