Medicinal plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal: botany, natural products, and ethnopharmacology

303 Pages·2019·9.301 MB·English

by  Wiart, Christophe

Medicinal Plants
of Bangladesh and
West  Bengal
Natural Products Chemistry of
Global Plants
This unique book series focuses on the natural products chemistry of botanical
medicines from different countries such as Turkey, Sri Lanka (in print), Borneo,
Brazil, Cambodia, Vietnam, Yunnan (China), Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the Silk
Road Countries. The series will focus on the p harmacognosy, covering recognized
areas rich in folklore as well as botanical medicinal uses as a platform to present the
natural products and organic chemistry. Where possible, the authors will link these
molecules to pharmacological modes of action. The series intends to trace a route
through history from ancient civilizations to the modern day showing the impor-
tance to man of natural products in medicines, in foods and a variety of other ways.
Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal: Botany,
Natural Products, and Ethnopharmacology
Christophe Wiart
Medicinal Plants
of Bangladesh and
West  Bengal
Botany, Natural Products, and
Ethnopharmacology
Christophe Wiart
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wiart, Christophe, author.
Title: Medicinal plants of Bangladesh and West Bengal : botany, natural
products, and ethnopharmacology / Christophe Wiart.
Other titles: Natural products chemistry of global plants.
Description: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, [2019] | Series: Natural
products chemistry of global plants | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019004440| ISBN 9781138735163 (hardback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781315186443 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Medicinal plants—Bangladesh. | Medicinal plants—India—West
Bengal. | Materia medica, Vegetable—Bangladesh. | Materia medica,
Vegetable—India—West Bengal.
Classification: LCC RS179 .W532 2019 | DDC 615.3/21095492—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019004440
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Contents
Introduction to Book Series ....................................................................................xix
Preface.....................................................................................................................xxi
About the Author .................................................................................................xxiii
Chapter 1 Family Acanthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 ...........................................1
1.1 Acanthus ilicifolius L. ...............................................................1
1.2 Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees ..................1
1.3 Barleria longifolia L. ................................................................2
1.4 Barleria prionitis L. ..................................................................2
1.5 Ecbolium linneanum Kurz. .......................................................3
1.6 Justicia adhatoda L. ..................................................................3
1.7 Justicia gendarussa L. ..............................................................4
1.8 Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ............................5
1.9 Ruellia tuberosa L. ...................................................................5
Chapter 2 Family Acoraceae Martynov 1820 .......................................................6
2.1 A corus calamus L. ....................................................................6
Chapter 3 Family Agavaceae Dumortier 1829 ......................................................7
3.1 A gave americana L. ..................................................................7
Chapter 4 Family Alangiaceae A.P. de Candolle 1828 .........................................8
4.1 Alangium lamarckii Thwaites ...................................................8
Chapter 5 Family Alismataceae Ventenat 1799 ....................................................9
5.1 A lisma plantago-asiatica L. .....................................................9
5.2 Sagittaria trifolia L. ..................................................................9
Chapter 6 Family Amaranthaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 ....................................10
6.1 Achyranthes aspera L. ............................................................10
6.2 Aerva lanata (L.) A.L. Juss. ex Schultes .................................10
6.3 Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Bl. ..................................................11
6.4 Alternanthera paronychioides A. St. –Hil. .............................11
6.5 Alternanthera pungens Kunth .................................................12
6.6 Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. ................................................12
6.7 Amaranthus blitum L. .............................................................13
6.8 Amaranthus cruentus L. .........................................................13
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6.9 Amaranthus gangeticus L. ....................................................14
6.10 Amaranthus spinosus L. ........................................................14
Chapter 7 Family Anacardiaceae R. Brown 1818 ...............................................16
7.1 Anacardium occidentale L. ...................................................16
7.2 Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr. ..................................17
7.3 Mangifera indica L. ...............................................................17
7.4 Semecarpus anacardium L.f. ................................................18
7.5 Spondias cythera Sonn. .........................................................18
Chapter 8 Family Annonaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 .........................................20
8.1 A nnona reticulata L. .............................................................20
8.2 A nnona squamosa L. .............................................................21
8.3 P olyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites ..................................21
Chapter 9 Family Apiaceae Lindley 1836...........................................................23
9.1 E ryngium foetidum L. ...........................................................23
9.2 Ferula assafoetida L. ............................................................23
Chapter 10 Family Apocynaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 ........................................24
10.1 A ganosma dichotoma K. Schum. ..........................................24
10.2 Allamanda cathartica L. .......................................................24
10.3 Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. .................................................25
10.4 Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T. Aiton ......................................25
10.5 Carissa carandas L. ..............................................................26
10.6 Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill .........................................26
10.7 Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G. Don ................................27
10.8 Hoya parasitica Wall. ex Wight ............................................27
10.9 Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T. Aiton ................................28
10.10 Nerium indicum Mill. ............................................................28
10.11 Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz..............................29
10.12 Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merr. ..........................................30
Chapter 11 Family Araceae A.L. de Jussieu 1763 ................................................31
11.1 Aglaonema commutatum Schott ............................................31
11.2 Aglaonema hookerianum Schott ...........................................31
11.3 A locasia acuminata Schott ....................................................31
11.4 A locasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don. .......................................32
11.5 A locasia macrorrhizos (L.) G. Don .......................................32
11.6 Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Bl. ....................................33
11.7 Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch ..........................................33
11.8 Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson ...............33
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11.9 Anthurium andraeanum Lind. ...............................................34
11.10 Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott .............................................35
11.11 Homalomena aromatica (Spreng.) Schott .............................35
11.12 Lasia spinosa (L.) Thw. ........................................................36
11.13 Remusatia vivipara Schott .....................................................36
Chapter 12 Family Arecaceae Schultz-Schultzenstein 1832 ................................37
12.1 Areca catechu L. ....................................................................37
12.2 Borassus flabellifer L. ...........................................................37
Chapter 13 Family Aristolochiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 ..................................39
13.1 A ristolochia indica L. ...........................................................39
Chapter 14 Family Asphodelaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 .....................................40
14.1 A loe vera (L.) Burm.f. ...........................................................40
Chapter 15 Family Asteraceae Martynov 1820 ....................................................41
15.1 A geratum conyzoides L. ........................................................41
15.2 Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. ................42
15.3 Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. ........................................................42
15.4 Enydra fluctuans Lour. ..........................................................43
15.5 Pseudognaphalium luteo album (L.) Hilliard & B.L. Burtt ...43
15.6 Spilanthes acmella (L.) L. .....................................................44
15.7 Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. ........................................45
15.8 Xanthium strumarium L. ......................................................46
Chapter 16 Family Balsaminaceae Berchtold and J. Presl 1820 ...........................47
16.1 Impatiens balsamina L. ........................................................47
Chapter 17 Family Bignoniaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 ........................................48
17.1 Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent. ................................................48
Chapter 18 Family Bombacaceae Kunth 1822 ......................................................49
18.1 Adansonia digitata L. ...........................................................49
18.2 Bombax ceiba L. ...................................................................49
Chapter 19 Family Brassicaceae Burnett 1835 .....................................................51
19.1 Brassica alba L. ....................................................................51
19.2 Brassica campestris L. .........................................................51