Common Name
English :
Hindi :Ban-nimbu
Manipuri :Yong komla
Scientific Name
Group :Angiosperm (Dicotyledon)
Family :Rutaceae
Genus :Glycosmis
Species :pentaphylla (Retz.) Correa.
Habit :Evergreen shurb
Parts Used :Root, Leaf, Wood
Mode of Preparation :Leaves crushed for decoction. Leaves crushed with water for juice/ extract.
Mode of use :Fresh and decoction
Ingredients :Plant contains arborine, skimmianine, arborinine, homoglycosolone, homoglycone, glycone, glycozoline and glycosinine.
Ailment Treated:Leaf is used as an ingredient in the preparation of traditional herbal shampoo. Pounded root mixed with sugar are given in fever. Leaf extract is used in liver complaints and vermifuge. Leaf paste is used to eczema and other skin troubles. Plant is also considered as indigenous medicinal for cough, rheumatism, anaemia, diabetes and jaundice. Wood is used in snake- bite.
Source:Wild commonly along the drains of humid areas.