BOTANICAL NAME : Garcinia pedunculata Roxb.
FAMILY : Clusiaceae
NAMES IN DIFFERENT INDIAN LANGUAGES:
English → Common sorel
Hindi → Amlaveda
Kannada → Amlavetasa
Malayalam → Nerinjampuli
Marathi → Chuka
SYNONYMS: Shatvedhi, sehestravedhi
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO CHARAK AND SUSHRUT:
Caraka: Hridya varga, Dipaniya varga, Śwasahara varga
Suśruta: Mentioned in Amla varga
CONTROVERSIES:
1. Rheum emodi (Polygonaceae)
2. Solena heterophylla (Cucurbitaceae)
3. Rumex vesicarius (Polygonaceae)
4. Cissus repens (Vitaceae)
5. Cissus vitiginea (Vitaceae)
6. Ampelocissus latifolia (Vitaceace)
7. Cayratia trifolia (Vitaceae)
MORPHOLOGY: A tall tree grows upto 60 ft in height. Branches are short and spreading.
Leaf- Obovate or oblanceolate shaped, 6 to 12 cm long and 3 to 5 cm broad, with short midrib and
leathery texture.
Flower- Flowers are light green in colour.
Fruit Fruits are spherical or subglobose, 3 to 5 cm in diameter, yellow in colour with 8 to 10 seeds.
Pericarp is fleshy.
Seeds- 8 to 10 in one fruit embedded in pulp.
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS:
Fruit contains Garcinol, Cambogin, Peduncalol, Citric acid, Mallic acid and Xanthones. Leaf yielded
Friedelin, B-sitosterol, Mackirin and Cambogin.
PROPERTIES:
Rasa- Amla, Kashaya
Guna- Laghu, Ruksha
Vipäka- Amla
Virya- Usna
KARMA- Vatahara due to Uşna virya, Amla vipaka and Amlarasa
Antioxidant, Cardiotonic, Carminative, Digestant and An- thelmintic.
INDICATIONS- Agnimandya, Sula, Hridroga, Gulma, Śwāsa, Käsa, Hikka, Arśas, Aruci and Krimi.
PART USED- Phala (Fruit) and Patra (Leaf).
DOSAGE- Swarasa (Juice) – 5 to 10 ml, Curna (Powder) 3 to 6 g
IMPORTANT YOGAS OR FORMULATIONS: Lavana Bhaskara curna, Vyosadi vati, Hingwādi vați
THERAPEUTIC USES : 1. Udavarta & Adhmana
Food should be mixed with matalunga, amlavetas, hingu, pilu, bida lavana
ArshasIn case of Aršas (Piles) one should take hot water with Tripatu (Three types of salts), Hingu , Trikatu
and Amlavetasa.
