MEDICINAL PLANTS OF CEYLON 



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Moringa pterygosperma. Moriugnc 



Murunga. .S; Horse- 

 radish Tree. 



Munronia pumila. Mt'liticcac 



Bin-Kohamba. S. 



Musa Plantain or Banana Scitainiiieaf 



Nelumbium speciosum. i Xymplnii'- 



Xelun, S.\ aceae 



Ocimum sanctum. 



Maduru-tala, S. 



Oroxylum indicum. 



Totilla, S 



Oxystelma esculentum. 



Kulappalai, T. 



Phyllanthus Emblica. 



Labiatae 



Bignoniaceae 



Asclepiaileae 



Enpliorbi- 



PiperBetle. Bulat-wel, S; 



Betel-leaf. 

 Plectranthus zeylanicus. 



Iri-variya, S. 

 Plumbago rosea. Rat- 



nitul, S. 

 P. zeylanica. Ela- 



nitul, 5. 



Piper longum. Tippili, S. 



Nelli, S.' accac 



Piperaceae 

 Labiatae 



PI it ui 

 bagiueac 



Bark, leaves and root acrid and pungent: 

 juice taken internally to promote appe- 

 tite and help digestion ; used externally 

 as a rubefacient. 



Whole plant very bitter, used in cases 

 of debility and remittent fever A 

 good substitute for the tonic "chiretta." 



Juice taken as an antidote for snake- 

 poison. 



Stem used in intermittent fever and 

 dysentery. Stamens for bleeding piles 

 and in parturition. 



Fragrant and aromatic, used in decoc- 

 tions for cough and catarrh, sometimes 

 chewed as a substitute for betel. 



Bark a bitter tonic ; checks fever, diar- 

 rhoea, etc 



As a cure for hydrophobia. 



Fruits a cooling laxative, used in dys- 

 pepsia. 



Carminative and stimulant ; a common 

 masticatory. 



Whole plant aromatic; used as a car- 

 minative, blood-purifier, etc. 



Roots commonly used for illegal pur- 

 poses. 



Piperaceae 

 Leguminosae 



Pongamia glabra. 



Magul-karanda, S. 

 Punica granatum. Delun, S; Lytliraceac 



Pomegranate. 

 Randia dumetorum. 



Kukuruman, S. 

 Ricinus communis. Tel- 



endaru S. (Castor Oil) 

 Saccharum officinarum. 



Sugar-cane. 



Sesamum indicum. Ella, 1 . 

 Tel-tala or \Val-tala, S. 



Solanum indicum. 



Tibbatu, S. 

 S. xanthocarpum. 



Ela-batu, S. 

 Spilanthus Acmella. 



Akmella, S. 



Strychnos Nux-vomica. 



Nux-vomica ; Goda- 

 kaduru, S. 



Rnbiaceae 



Enphorbi- 



aceae 

 Gramincac 



Pedaliaceae 



Solaiiaceai 



Compositae 



Logan iaccae 



Roots and dried flower-spikes used in 

 cough, hoarseness and dyspepsia. 



Root used as a tooth-brush. Juice of 

 root-bark for sores, etc. 



Fruit-rind used for diarrhoea. Leaves 

 boiled and used as eye-wash. 



Root used for diarrhcea and biliousness. 



Oil commonly used as a purgative. 

 Juice commonly used in decoctions. 



Oil used for cooling the body. Seeds 

 pounded with jaggery to purify the 

 blood. 



Used for catarrhal fever, asthma, etc. 



Leaves and flowers used for toothache 

 and sore throat, also to check diarr- 

 hoea of women at child-birth. 



Bark and seeds used as tonic in nervous 

 debility, rheumatism, etc. Poisonous. 



S=Sinhalese ; r=Tamil. 



