Family : Apocynaceae
English : Devil Tree
Hindi : Chattiyan
Gujarati : Saptaparni
Sanskrit : Saptaparna
Part used : Bark
Family : Apocynaceae
English : Devil Tree
Hindi : Chattiyan
Gujarati : Saptaparni
Sanskrit : Saptaparna
Part used : Bark
Botanical Description: An evergreen tree with bitter bark. Leaves simple, verticillate, oblong lanceolate shining above, coriaceous, cuneate at the base. Flowers are white or greenish white, in terminal umbellate cymes. Flowering and fruiting is from September to March.
It occurs in forest and is well cultivared.
Rasa : Tikta, Kasaya
Guna : Sara, Snigdha
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Anulomana, Dipana, Jvaraghna,
Kushaghna, Raktasodhaka, Tridosaghna
Modern Pharmacological Action: The plant has been reported for anticancerous anti-tussive, anti-asthmatic and expectorant anti-inflammatory and analgesic antipyretic, anti-ulcerogenic, antipsychotic, anxiolytic, antioxidant and free radical scavenging, immunostimulating, hepatoprotective, wound healing, antinociceptive, antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic, hypoglycaemic, antiarthritic, antidiarrhoeal and spasmolytic.