Dillenia pentagyna Health Dictionary

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Dillenia Pentagyna: From 1 Different Sources

Roxb.

Family: Dilleniaceae.

Habitat: The Himalayan terai from Punjab to Assam, and South India and the Andamans.

Folk: Dillenia. Agai (Bihar), Agachi (Maharashtra).

Action: See D. indica.

The bark contains 6% tannin.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Dillenia Indica

Linn.

Synonym: Dillenia speciosa Thunb.

Family: Dilleniaceae.

Habitat: The Himalayas from Nepal to Bhutan; north Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.

English: Elephant Apple.

Ayurvedic: Bhavya.

Folk: Uva, Chaaltaa.

Action: Fruit—laxative, carminative, bechic, febrifuge, antispasmodic (used for abdominal pains). Bark and leaves—astringent.

The sepals contain (on dry weight basis): tannin 0.37, glucose 2.92 and malic acid 0.51%. The bark and leaves contain about 10% and 9% tannin (on dry weight basis) respectively.

The fruit yielded a polysaccharide, arabingalactan.

The leaves yielded cycloartenone, n-hentriacontanol, betulin, betulinic acid and beta-sitosterol. The bark gave iso-rhamnetin, naringenin, quercetin derivatives and kaempferol.... dillenia indica

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