Steinmetz:Hydnocarpus

Hydnocarpus kurzii (Taraktogenos kurzii)

Also known as (or relevant to) Hydnocarpus kurzii (Taraktogenos kurzii) Hydnocarpus wightiana Gynocardia odordta (and other species) Family Flacourtiaceae English Names Chaulmoogra Chaulmugra Natural Habitat India Malaya Indonesia Burma Siam Cochin China Part(s) Used Semen Gynocardiae = Semen Chaulmoograe Oleum Cbaulmoograe = Oleum Hydnocarpi = Olenm Gynocardiae

Constituent(s) seed: fixed fatty oil; oil: chaulmoogric acid bydnocarpic acid Action seed oil: sedative febrifuge parasitoid dermatic antiscrofulous; used against leprosy and lupus. - The seeds produced by the plant Chaulmoogra odorata are not identical with the seeds of the above mentioned plant The seeds of Hydnocarpus venenatus are also used in the treatment of leprosy; the Indian name of this is Meeradimootoo