A. Juss.Family: Meliaceae.
Habitat: Peninsular India, Rajasthan and Bihar.
English: Indian Red-Wood, Bastard Cedar.Ayurvedic: Maansrohini, Rohini, Rohinaa, Prahaarvalli.Siddha/Tamil: Somi-maram, Wond.Action: Bark—antipyretic (particularly prescribed in malaria), bitter tonic in general debility, astringent (used for diarrhoea and dysentery); used as a gargle in stomatitis, applied to rheumatic swellings. The bark is much inferior to cinchona bark, but a good substitute for oak bark.
The plant contains mainly tetra- nor-triterpenoids and flavonoids. The heartwood gave febrifugine A and B, febrinins A and B; flavonoids— naringenin, quercetin, myricetin and dehydromyricetin. The Root heart- wood yielded sitosterol, obtusifoliol, syringetin and dihydrosyringetin. The bark contains tetranor-triterpenoids with modified furan ring.Petroleum ether extract of the bark yielded a steroid, methyl angolensate, ether extract yielded a steroid glyco- side.Dosage: Bark—3-5 g powder. (CCRAS.)
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