KADALI (Flower)
Kadali consists of dried flower of Musa paradisiaca Linn. (Fam. Musacem), a monoecious herb, cultivated widely in the country in most of the states.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Mouca, Varana, Ambusara
Assamese : Kal, Talha
Bengali : Kela, Kala, Kanch Kala
English : Banana
Gujrati : Kela
Hindi : Kela
Kannada : Bale gadde, Kadubale, Kattebale, Kadali
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Kadali, Ksetrak
Marathi : Kel, Kela
Oriya : Kadali, Kadila
Punjabi : Kela
Tamil : Vazhai, Pazham
Telugu : Arati chettu
Urdu : Kela (Mouz)
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Flower -Inflorescence spike, drug occurs in cut and crumpled pieces, 2.5 to 4.0 cm long sessile, unisexual; calyx and corolla present; calyx 2.5 to 4 cm long crumpled, tubular spathaceous, dark brown having ridges and furrows; corolla 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, connate, crumpled, boat-shaped creamish-yellow, membranous, toothed at apex; stamens 5 + 1 rudimentary, 0.8 to 1.2 cm long dark brown; filament erect, strongly filiform; anthers linear, bithecous; carpels 3, syncarpous, ovary inferior, trilocular, each with several ovules; axile placentation; style 3.0 to 4.5 cm long light brown, filiform; stigma capitate or sub globose, 3 or 4 lobed, greyish-brown; taste arid odour not characteristic.
b) Microscopic
Calyx– Shows thin-walled, single layered, upper and lower epidermis, followed by thin walled, parenchymatous mesophyll, embedding vascular bundle, having usual elements surrounded by some large, thin-walled, specialised cells containing oleo-resin ducts, tannin cells and a few oil globules.
Corolla -Shows thin-walled, striated single layered epidermis on either surface and oval to polygonal in surface view; mesophyll 2 or 3 layered consisting of thin-walled, parenchymatous cells; numerous prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate present in mesophyll.
Androecium – Filament shows single layered epidermis, followed by ground tissues consisting of oval to polygonal, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells having crescent shaped vascular bundles and oleo-resin cells; anther lobe shows two layered wall, 4 to 6 celled tapetum; pollen grains spherical measuring 26 to 47 n in diam., smooth, yellowish-brown, having clear, thick-walled, pigmented exine, thin-walled, colourless intine.
Gynoecium-Ovary shows single layered, cuticularised epidermis followed by ground tissue consisting of oval, polygonal, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells embedding a few thickened pitted cells; stigma consists of 6 chambers having single layered epidermis.
Powder – Brown, shows fragments of straight walled, polygonal, thin walled epidermal, cells, simple pitted cells, vessels with spiral thickening, anisocytic stomata, a few prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate, spherical, smooth, yellowish-brown pollen grains, having clear exine and intine and measuring 26 to 47 n in dia., a few oil globules, and oleoresin cells; a few simple, oval or irregular starch grains measuring upto 65 n in length and 35 n in width.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 1 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 15 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 3 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 18 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
T.L.C.
T.L.C. of alcoholic extract of the drug on Silica gel ‘G’ using Toluene: Ethylacetate (9 :1) shows under U.V. (366 nm) six fluorescent zones at Rf. 0.09 (blue), 0.23 (grey), 0.31 (blue), 0.36 (violet), 0.66 (blue) and 0.97 (violet). On exposure to Iodine vapour five spots appear at Rf. 0.23, 0.31, 0.33, 0.66 and 0.97 (all yellow). On spraying with Vanillin-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate at 105oC for ten minutes four spots appear at Rf. 0.09, 0.23, 0.66 and 0.97 (all blue).
CONSTITUENTS – Saponins, Tannins, reducing and non-reducing Sugars, Sterols and Triterpenes.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura, Tikta, Kasaya
Guna : Dipana, Mrdu, Grahi
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Balya, Vrsya, Pittanasaka, Ruca, Kaphaghna, Sthambhaka
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Hemanatha Rasa
THERAPEUTIC USES – Krmi, Raktapitta, Svasa Roga, Pradara
DOSE – 10-20 gm.
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