- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- India
- Malaya
- Indonesia
- Burma
- Siam
- Cochin China
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Gynocardiae = Semen Chaulmoograe
- Oleum Cbaulmoograe = Oleum Hydnocarpi = Olenm Gynocardiae
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- 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
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