Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Cinhona സിങ്കോണ
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cinchona
Botanical name: Cinchona officinalis
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi:
English: Common Cinhona, Ledger Cinchona, Yellow Cinchona
Malayalam: Cinhona, Quinine
Genus: Cinchona
Botanical name: Cinchona officinalis
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi:
English: Common Cinhona, Ledger Cinchona, Yellow Cinchona
Malayalam: Cinhona, Quinine
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Cinhona is a small tree that can reach up to 16m tall. The leaves measure 7-28cm x 2.5-13cm, hairless and with domatia beneath. The flowers are 8-17mm long, with hairless sepal and yellowish-white to fleshy colored or red petal. The fruit is up to 25mm long, smooth or sparsely hairy.
The medicinal plant Cinhona is used for making tablet for malariya (Chloroquine tablets) and bark is used for skin dieseases.