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Malabar Nut
Justicia adhatoda
Malabar Nut · Aatalootakam · Adhatoda · Adulasa · Adusoge · Aradusi · Arusa · Atatotai · Basak · Basuti · Bhaikarh · Boga bahok · Carmantine de Ceylan · Carmantine en arbre · Indischer Lungenkrautstrauch · Indisches Lungenkraut (DE); Malabar Nut (EN) · Malabar nut · Malabar nut tree
At a glance
Origin / distribution: French, India, India(Santal), Turkey, English, Italian
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Tumor(Abdomen), Bronchitis, Tuberculosis
Science studied: 9-ACETAMIDO-3,4-DIHYDROPYRIDO-(3,4-B)-INDOLE, ADHATODINE, ADHATONINE, ALKALOIDS
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Acanthaceae
Scientific name: Justicia adhatoda
Common names: Malabar Nut, Aatalootakam, Adhatoda, Adulasa, Adusoge, Aradusi, Arusa, Atatotai, Basak, Basuti, Bhaikarh, Boga bahok, Carmantine de Ceylan, Carmantine en arbre, Indischer Lungenkrautstrauch, Indisches Lungenkraut (DE); Malabar Nut (EN), Malabar nut, Malabar nut tree
History
The source record documents this plant in French, India, India(Santal), Turkey, English, Italian.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Bronchitis
- Tuberculosis
- Cough
- Expectorant
- Asthma
- Spasm
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- Fever
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- French
- India
- India(Santal)
- Turkey
- English
- Italian
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Bronchitis
- Tuberculosis
- Cough
- Expectorant
- Asthma
- Spasm
- Fever
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- 9-ACETAMIDO-3,4-DIHYDROPYRIDO-(3,4-B)-INDOLE
- ADHATODINE
- ADHATONINE
- ALKALOIDS
- ANISOTININE
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- BETAINE
- CEROTIC-ACID
- DEOXYVASCINONE
- O-ETHYL-ALPHA-D-GALACTOSIDE
- FAT
- 6-HYDROXYPEGANINE
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- PEGANINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
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- RAA
- VASAKIN
- VASICINE
- VASICININE
- VASICINOL
- VASICOL
- VASICOLINE
- VASICOLINONE
- OLEIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- ADHATODIC-ACID
- ANISOTINE
- BEHENIC-ACID
- 2',4-DIHYDROXYCHALCONE-4-GLUCOSIDE
- OSCINE
- 1,2,3,9-TETRAHYDRO-5-METHOXYPYRROLO-(2,1-B)-QUINAZOLINE-3-OL
- VASICINONE
- VISICINOLONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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