Randia dumetorum

Name: Randia dumetorum

Description:
Botanical name : Catunaregum spinosa (Thunb.) Tirvengadum. Randia dumetorum (Retz.) Lam.

Family : Rubiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS:- Madana, Vamanaphala, Teevragandhi.

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta, Madhura

Guna : Guru

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Emetic nut tree

Hindi : Mainphal, Madan

Malayalam : Malankara, Karachulli

Distribution – In dry deciduous forests in India; also cultivated for medicinal purpose.

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A large deciduous thorny shrub grows up to 5 meters of height. Leaves simple, obovate, wrinkled, shiny and pubescent. Flowers white, fragrant, solitary, seen on at the end of short branches. Fruits globose, smooth berries with longitudinal ribs; yellow when ripe. Seeds many, compressed, embedded in the dark fetid pulp. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, kapha, cough, skin diseases, ulcers, asthma, flatulence, colic, and is widely used as a medicine for emesis therapy in ayurveda.

Useful part : Fruits, Bark.