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Botanical Name:
Embelia ribes
Vidanga consists of dried mature fruits of Embelia ribes
Burm, Family Myrsinaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Jantughna, K¤mighna, Vella, K¤mihara, K¤miripu
Assamese: Vidang
Bengali: Vidang
English: Embelia, False Black Pepper, Flase Pepper
Gujarati: Vavding, Vavading, Vayavadang
Hindi: Vayavidanga, Bhabhiranga, Baberang
Kannada: Vayuvilanga, Vayuvidanga
Kashmiri: Babading
Malayalam: Vizhalari, Vizalari
Marathi: Vavading, Vavding
Oriya: Bidanga, Vidanga
Punjabi: Babrung, Vavaring
Tamil: Vayuvilangam, Vayuvidangam
Telugu: Vayuvidangalu
Urdu: Baobarang, Babrang
Botanical description:
Large perennial scandent evergreen shrub, 1.2 – 2.5 m high,
with long slender flexible branches. Leaves elliptic-
lanceolate or ovate lanceolate, entire, leathery. Flowers
white with red or yellow barred throats, in spikes with
large bracts. Capsules clavate, longitudinally channeled,
1.9 - 2.2 cm long. Seeds globular.
Parts used:
Roots
Major chemical constituent:
Benzoquinones, alkaloid (Christembine), tannin and essential
oil
Therapeutic uses:
• Pain (Sula)
• Worm infestation (Krmiroga)
• Diseases of abdomen (Udararoga)
• Flatulence with gurgling sound (Adhmina) |
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