Toddalia ASIATICA (L.) Lam.
| Synonym : | Toddalia aculeata Pers. Cranzia asiatica (L.) Kuntze Paullinia asiatica L. Toddalia angustifolia Lam. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dahin, Kadtodali. |
| English Name : | Lopez-root Tree, Forest Pepper. |
| Family : | Rutaceae |
| Disease : | tonic, stimulant, astringent, anti-diarrhoetic, antiperiodic, febrifuge, owels and rheumatism. |
| Description : | A large evergreen climber with rambling stems, up to 15 m high, armed with curved or straight prickles. Leaves alternate, digitalely trifoliate, leaflets sessile, 5-10 cm long, obovate-oblong, crenulate, shortly blunt-acuminate, base acute. Flowers 3.8-6 mm diam., pale greenish-yellow, in axillary and terminal panicles, 2.5-6.3 cm long. Fruit 7.5-12 mm diam., subglobose, with 5 shallow grooves, yellowish. |
| Distribution : | Forest of Sylhet |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain a glycosidal alkaloid, toddaline. Root contains a poisonous resin. Root bark contains the alkaloids toddaline and toddalinine, toddalolactone, resins and glycosides (Chopra et. al., 1992). Pimpinellin, isopimpinellin, 6-(3-chloro-2-hydroxy- |
| Uses : | The root bark is tonic, stimulant, astringent, anti-diarrhoetic, antiperiodic and febrifuge, useful in constitutional debility and convalescence after febrile and other exhausting diseases. It improves appetite and help digestion. Leaves are also sometime |
| Habit : | Climber |