Common Name:
रुद्राक्षी,
भद्राक्ष,
Bhadraksh,
Bastard cedar,
West Indian elm or bay cedar, Bengali: nipaltunth,
Tamil: rudrasam.
Of family Sterculiaceae, close to Malvaceae.
Fruits are dark brown to nearly black on drying, round, about 2 cm long and hard but light weight.
It is an used in medicine and as fodder, during dry weather. Seeds soaked are used for treating dysentery, colds, coughs, etc.
"... generally used in Indonesia as a part of slimming tea mixture.
This herb controls cholesterol and helps the user to reduce weight in natural way.
People of Indonesia specially java region are familiar with this herb from ancient times.
People of java named it as Jatos landi or Jati londa.
Leaves are not the only part of this plant which is used in herbal medicine.
In addition to leaves bark is also used in several medicines to treat pneumonia, cold and cough bronchitis and hemorrhoids."
Alrahma Medicinal Plant Herbs.
"The seeds are edible, fresh or cooked.
The tough, fibrous bark and young stems are used to make rope and twine.
Honey bees forage on the flowers (Little and Wadsworth 1964)."
"In the Amazon Rainforest, many of the natives live in close harmony with nature ... making one suseptible to viral infections like the common cold, flu, or other viral ailments.
Luckily, the Amazonians have found a tree that grows throughout the tropics and supports the immune system: Mutamba (Guazuma ulmifolia). The scientific name implies that the leaves of the plant look like those of the elm, ... Common in pastures and disturbed forests throughout the tropics of the Caribbean, South America, Central America, and Mexico, natives inhabiting these regions have the good fortune of the plant growing nearby to use for immune support.
Scientists have found that the plant contains tannins, flavonoids, anthraquinones, and polysaccharides.
They attribute these phytochemicals to the plant’s potency.
Pawan kumar Gupta
