Baliospermum montanum
Baliospermum montanum
Author : (Willd.) Muell.-Arg.
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Habit: Shrub
Sanskrit: Danti
English:-
Description
A stout shrub, up to 2 m in height, with light brown bark, ovate oblong or rounded leaves, lanceolate upper leaves, small, yellowish-green flowers in axillary racemes or panicles, all male or with a few female flowers below and ovoid 3-lobed capsules containing oblong or ovoid, smooth, mottled and shiny seeds.
Useful part

Root, leaves, seeds
Medicinal Uses

constipation, jaundice, leprosy, skin diseases, burning sensation, worm infestation, wounds, anaemia, leucoderma, piles, fever, asthma, bronchitis, abdominal tumours, cancer, rheumatism, enlarged spleen, jaundice, joint pains, antidote for snakebites, purgative

Major chemical constituents

montanin, baliospermin, 12- deoxyphorbol- 13- palmitate, 12-deoxy-5β-hydroxyphorbol- 13- myristate, 12-deoxy-16-hydroxyphorbol-13-palmitate, axillarenic acid