Details of Plants:Alstonia scholaris

Plant details

Family: Apocynaceae
Phytochemicals

Alkaloid
Echitenine
Flavonoids
Proanthocyanidin
echitamine
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Mizoram
Sikkim
Tripura
Vernacular Name

Tripura: Chaitan
Sikkim: Chatiwan
Mizoram: Saptaparna
Assam: Gumbuthen
Arunachal Pradesh: Singar
Ailments cured

Asthma
Jaundice
Malarial Fever
Piles
skin disease
Plant parts used and methods

Flower: Extract taken orally
latex: Extract taken orally
Bark : Decoction taken orally
Plant References

Tangjanga. S; et al. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Eastern Himalayan zone of Arunachal Pradesh; India; Journal of Ethnopharmacology 134; 18–25; 2011.

Shankar.R; et al. Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Mizoram, World Journal of Science and Technology, 2(12):42-45, 2012.

Sajem. A. L; Gosai. K; Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast India, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2:33, 2006.

Kabir et al. A survey of medicinal plants used by the Deb barma clan of the Tripura tribe of Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 10:19, 2014.

Das. T; et al. Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Ethnic and Rural People in Eastern Sikkim Himalayan Region, African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences 4 (1): 16-20, 2012.

Phytochemical References

Bhadane, B, S; et al. Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and biotechnological advances of family Apocynaceae: A review. Phytotherapy research 32.7: 1181-1210, 2018.