| PlantID | 0138 |
| Botanical Name | Xeromphis uliginosa |
| Common Name | Bherani, Pindalu |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | NA | | Order: | Rubiales | | Family: | Rubiaceae | | Genus: | Xeromphis | | Species: | uliginosa |
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| Part used | Bark, fruits, root and wood ashes. |
| Medicinal Properties | Bark: astringent, emetic, abortifacient, analgesic, constipating and antiseptic. Fruits: bitter, acrid, thermogenic, anti-inflammatory, carminative. Root: aphrodisiac, diuretic, haematinic, tonic and cooling.
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| Medicinal Use | Bark: useful in ostalgia in fever, diarrhoea, dysentery and cuts. Fruits: useful in pains and sprains, inflammations, gout, leprosy, cough, asthma etc. The unripe fruit roasted in wood ashes is used in diarrhoea and dysentery. Root: useful in biliousness and strangury. Wood ashes: useful in diarrhoea and dysentery. |
| Chemistry | Fruits: mannitol and leucoanthocyanidin. Hydrolysis of fruit extract yielded oleanolic acid. |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Hilly area. Distribution: Pali district in Rajasthan. |
| Description | Small trees, grows up to 6m high. Bark reddish brown, scaly. Branches: thick, horizontal, younger 4-angled. Leaves: crowded at the end of branchlets, obovate or obovate-oblong, more or less pubescent and reticulately veined. Flowers: solitary at the end of branchlets, white, fragrant, 3-5 cm in diameter. Pedicels short. Calyx 1.0-1.3 cm long, fleshy green. Corolla glabrous outside. Fruits: smooth, yellowish brown, crowned with persistent calyx limb. Seeds: numerous, compressed, smooth. Flowers and fruits appears during March - November.
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