Fwd: citrus medika- matulunga-beejapoora

[Narasimha Murthy Soma]

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From: sheji ramkumar <shej...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Subject: citrus medika- matulunga-beejapoora
To: soma murthy <snmurt...@gmail.com>

 location - Gwahati,Assam.

 

habitat - cultivated

 

habit - shrub/ small tree, 8-10 ft height

 

regional name  : assamees-namutenga / kaji tenga

                         sanskrit  - matulunga / beejapoora- संस्कृत - बीजपूर

                         telugu    - నిమ్మకాయ

                         malayalam-  നാരകം

 

leaves  - evergreen, lemon scented, 2.5 - 7 inch long,slightly serrate edges

             with long spine at leaf axil

 

flowers  - white yellowish

 

fruit   - ovate -oblong with fragrance

 

 

Dr.Murthy.

09435111228.

 

 

 

[VEENA NAIK]

English Name-wild lemon , citron

latin name   - citrus medica     family        - Rutaceae

Sanskrit Name -Matulunga

Citrus juice also has medical uses; lemon juice is used to relieve the pain of bee stings. Oranges were historically used for their high content of vitamin C, which prevents scurvy. Scurvy is caused by vitamin C deficiency, and can be prevented by having 10 milligrams of vitamin C a day. An early sign of scurvy is fatigue. If ignored, later symptoms are bleeding and bruising easily. British sailors rationed citrus fruits on long voyages to prevent the onset of scurvy, hence the . After consumption, the peel is sometimes used as a facial cleanser. Before the development of fermentation-based processes, lemons were the primary commercial source of citric acid.                     .

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[Dinesh Valke]

Citrus medica ... is commonly known as: citron • Assamese: jora tenga • Bengali: জম্বির jambira, টাবা taba • Gujarati: તુરંજ turanj • Hindi: बड़ा नीबु bara nibu, बिजौरा bijaura, पूरक purak, तुरन्ज turanj, वेतस vetas • Kannada: ಮಾದಳ maadala • Konkani: मौळिंग mauling • Malayalam: ചെറുനാരകം cerunaarakam • Manipuri: হৈজাঙ heijang • Marathi: महाळुंग mahalunga • Sanskrit:  महाफल mahaphala, मातुलुङ्ग matulunga, पूरक puraka • Tamil: எலுமிச்சை elumiccai, கொம்மட்டிமாதுளை kommatti-matulai • Telugu: మాతులుంగము matulungamu


Regards.

[tanay bose]

Thanks for the medicinal use as well as regional names
Tanay

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[Gurcharan Singh]

I this this is Citrus longilimon Tanaka, the Assam lemon

It has already been discussed on efloraofindia website.

It is a recently named species and as such you will find it listed as C. medica or C. limon in different websites.

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On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:56 PM, tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the medicinal use as well as regional names
Tanay

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Citrus medica ... is commonly known as: citron • Assamese: jora tenga • Bengali: জম্বির jambira, টাবা taba • Gujarati: તુરંજ turanj • Hindi: बड़ा नीबु bara nibu, बिजौरा bijaura, पूरक purak, तुरन्ज turanj, वेतस vetas • Kannada: ಮಾದಳ maadala • Konkani: मौळिंग mauling • Malayalam: ചെറുനാരകം cerunaarakam • Manipuri: হৈজাঙ heijang • Marathi: महाळुंग mahalunga • Sanskrit:  महाफल mahaphala, मातुलुङ्ग matulunga, पूरक puraka • Tamil: எலுமிச்சை elumiccai, கொம்மட்டிமாதுளை kommatti-matulai • Telugu: మాతులుంగము matulungamu

Regards.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Narasimha Murthy Soma <snmurt...@gmail.com> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: sheji ramkumar <shej...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Subject: citrus medika- matulunga-beejapoora
To: soma murthy <snmurt...@gmail.com>

 location - Gwahati,Assam.

 

habitat - cultivated

 

habit - shrub/ small tree, 8-10 ft height

 

regional name  : assamees-namutenga / kaji tenga

                         sanskrit  - matulunga / beejapoora- संस्कृत - बीजपूर

                         telugu    - నిమ్మకాయ

                         malayalam-  നാരകം

 

leaves  - evergreen, lemon scented, 2.5 - 7 inch long,slightly serrate edges

             with long spine at leaf axil

 

flowers  - white yellowish

 

fruit   - ovate -oblong with fragrance

 

 

Dr.Murthy.

09435111228.

 

 

 

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thanks for the post Murthy ji...Nice to see this Assam lemon. Thank you other members for the valuable informations.


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ALN Rao Memorial Ayurvedic Medical College, Koppa, Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka
Mob: 09590574495

[Dinesh Valke]

Gurcharan ji, this could very well be Citrus longilimon; am not familiar with Citrus species.
Regards.

[Divya Khare]

     Bijapuraka is very commonly used in the management of agnimandya(weak digestive power). It finds a place in “Phala Varga”(group of drugs wherein fruits are the useful part) in ancient medicine. Bijapuraka is one of the ingredients of Panchamla and Amlavarga (group of drugs having sour taste). Charaka classified it under “Hridya” (good for heart) and “Trishnanigrahana” (subsides thirst) groups. During 19^th century, it is popularized through a preparation called ‘Madiphala Rasayana’ by Pandith Divi Gopalacharya.

Major Chemical Constituents – Abscisic acid, abcsicin II, limonin, limonene, limocitrol, rutin etc.

Indication – Vomitting, Hiccups, Indigestion, Pain abdomen, Urinary calculi.

Therapeutic uses :-

·         In ear ache, fresh juice of bijapura and kapittha are mixed and used as ear drops.

·         In renal calculi, root of bijapura with boiled and cooled water (paryushita jala) is useful.

·         Bark of bijapura taken with honey removes foul smell of flatus.

Important formulations :-

Madiphala Rasayana, Bijapuradyam ghritam, Matulungadi yoga.

Research :-

      Aqueous and alcoholic extracts of roots inhibited growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsella pneumonia, Escherichia coli and Niesseria gonorrheae.

      

      Regards,

       Divya.

[VEENA NAIK]

nice piece of information ,... Divyaji...

[shahul hameed]

Citrus medica is known as Ganapathi Narakam in Malayalam. The given name 'ceru narakam' applies to Citrus lemon, the one we use to make lime juice.

Nice blog.

Too helpful.

A commendable endeavour.
Congrats and All the best.

[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks, Shahul ji for validating the Malayalam name.
Will make change in my notes.

Regards.

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank You Shahul ji for the clarifications made...& for your encouraging words..

[Dinesh Valke]

Shahul ji ... requesting you to provide Ganapathi Narakam in Malayalam script.
Regards.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM, shahul hameed <shahul...@gmail.com> wrote: