Paramignya monophylla Wight

Rutaceae

Common Names:
Wellangiriya (S)
Katillinsechan, Kat ilinseegaa (T)
Karuwageti (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Leaf

Uses in traditional medicine :

Fresh leaf juice is used to wash wounds caused by leech bites

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Coumarins: poncitrin, nordentatin and sitosterol from bark; terpenes: flindissone, deoxyflindissone and tirucalladiene derivatives from fruits

Bioactivity :

Clinical:

Note :

Controversial plant in Sri Lanka

References :

Kumar, V. et al., (1991), Tirucallane derivatives from Paramignya monophylla fruits, Phytochemistry, 30(4), 1231-1233.

Kumar, V. et al., (1995), Coumarins from stem bark of Paramignya monophylla, Phytochemistry, 38(3), 805-806.

Kumar, V. et al., (1998), Coumarins from Paramignya monophylla root bark, Phytochemistry, 49(1), 215-218.

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