Handbook of Arabian Medicinal PlantsCRC Press, 1994 M08 24 - 272 pages The Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants is the first illustrated reference on the uses of plants in the Arabian Peninsula. It documents and preserves the existing knowledge in a region where social patterns are rapidly changing. The book emphasizes the need for preserving social and cultural patterns and examines the close relationship between those patterns and nature. This excellent source identifies more than 250 species of plants and describes their medicinal uses. Biochemical information and references are also included for each species. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS | 8 |
REFERENCES | 220 |
APPENDIX OF PLANTS USED FOR THE TREATMENT | 231 |
| 241 | |
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A₁ A₂ acid Africa alkaloids anthelmintic applied axillary B₂ bark berries boiled in water branches C₂ Calyx Capsule chemical analy Chemical composition colic Comments Uses recorded Commiphora myrrha composition No chemical composition The plant corolla coughs coumarins crushed Description Annual herb Description Perennial herb Description Perennial shrub Dhofar Dhofari Arabic diarrhoea Distribution Southern Arabia Distribution Throughout Arabia diuretic drupe eaten edible fevers flavonoids fleshy Flowering and fruiting fruiting April fruiting February fruiting March fruiting September genera Ghazanfar & Al-Sabahi globose glycosides habit India Jibbali juice latex leaflets lobes Miller & Morris mixed mucilage oblong Oman ovate pain Pakistan Phytochemistry Prosopis cineraria quercetin racemes References Abbas References Abulafatih 1987 References Evans 1989 Represented in Arabia resin rhizome Rizk roots saponins Saudi Arabia Scale bars Schopen seeds shrub sis is reported skin Solanum incanum species subshrubs SW Asia tannins terpenes tonic treating Treatment The leaves tropical Vernacular name whole plant Yemen