Holoptelea integrifolia
| Author : (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G. Don |
| Family : Ulmaceae |
| Habit:Tree |
| Sanskrit: Chirabilvah, Putikaranjah |
| English: Indian elm, Kanju |
A large deciduous tree with grey, pustular bark, exfoliating in corky scales, elliptic-ovate leaves, polygamous, greenish-yellow flowers, in short racemes or fascicles on leafless branches and sub-orbicular fruit with membranous wing containing flat a seed.
Bark, leaves
inflammation, worm infestations, vomiting, skin diseases, leprosy, diabetes, bleeding, rheumatism, obesity
Holoptelin A & B, 2-aminonaphthaquinone, friedelin, epifriedelinol, b-sitosterol and its β-D-glucose, 2α, 3α-hydroxyoelan-12-en-28-oic acid, hederagenin, hexacosanol, octacosanol, β-amyrin, tannins, proteins, free amino acids, stigmasterol, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine