Alangium salvifolium
Alangium salvifolium
Author : (L.f.) Wang.
Family :Alangiaceae
Habit: Small tree
Sanskrit: Ankolah
English:Sage-leaved alangium
Description
An armed or unarmed, deciduous rambling shrub or tree, up to 10 m tall, with pale brown bark, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong alternate leaves, white, fragrant flowers, in axillary fascicles and ellipsoid black edible drupes containing large seeds enclosed in red, mucilaginous sweet pulp.
Useful part

Root bark, leaves, fruits, seeds
Medicinal Uses
antidote for poison, skin diseases, fever, biliousness, rheumatism, leprosy, rabid dogs, burning sensation, consumption, tuberculosis, eye troubles, boils, diabetes, intestinal worms, purgative
Major chemical constituents

Loganic acid, analgiside, deoxytubulosine, cephaeline, alamarckine, emetin, psychotrin, alangmide, venoterpine, (+)-salsoline, isocephaeline, alangimarine, alamarine, alangimaridine, alamaridine, isolangimarine, isoalamarine, alangimerinone, dihydroalamarine, dihydroisoalamarine, 10-demethylprotoemetinol, 9-demethyl-protoemetinol, bharatamine, betulinic acid, lacinilene C, betulinaldehyde, betulin, lupeol, β-sitosterol, deoxybetulinic acid, tannins, sugars, ankorine, choline chloride, alangimarckine, alangiside, myristic acid, stigmasterol, friedelin, isoalangidiol, alangidiol, N-benzoylphenylalaninol, tubulosine, demethylcephaeline, desmethylpsychotrine, alancine, alangine A, alangine B, alanginine, akharkantine, ankoline, lamarkine, marckine, marckidine, lamarckinine, emetine, alangicine, desmethylpsychotrine, desmethyltubulosine, protoemetinol, alangiosterol, isotubulosine