Steinmetz:Garcinia
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Garcinia hanburyi (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Guttiferae
- English Names
- Gamboge tree
- Camboge tree
- Natural Habitat
- Thailand
- Cochin China
- Ceylon
- Borneo
- Part(s) Used
- Gummi Guttae (the inspissated juice)
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- Constituent(s)
- gum
- resin
- resin-acids
- starch
- gambogia acid
- Action
- purgative
- powerful
- hydragogue
- emetic
- vermifuge (especially against tape worm); in large doses an acrid poison. - Indian Camboge - (derived from Garcinia Morella) has similar properties
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[edit] Garcinia mangostina
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Guttiferae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Malaya
- Indonesia
- India
- Ceylon
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Garciniae
- Oleum Garciniae (known as Kolum Butter)
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- Constituent(s)
- rind; mangostin
- tannin
- resin
- Action
- rind: astringent
- used in chronic dysentery and diarrhoea; fruit: its white pulp is considered to be one of the finest tropical fruits
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