MANILKARA KAUKI

(L.) Dubard.

Synonym ► Minusops Kauki L.

Family ► Sapotaceae.

Habitat ► A native of Malaya; occasionally grown in gardens, especially in North India, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

English ► Kauki.

Ayurvedic ► Khirni.

Siddha ► Palai.

Action ► Root and bark—astringent. Given in infantile diarrhoea. Seed— febrifuge, anthelmintic, antileprotic. Leaf—used as poultice for tumours.

Seeds contain about 16% of fatty oil and 1% saponin.

Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Du- bard, synonym Mimusops hexandra Roxb., found in central India and Dec- can Peninsula, and cultivated throughout the greater part of India, is also equated with Khirni.

All parts gave taraxerol, a triterpene ketone, alpha-and beta-amyrin, cin- namates, alpha-sipnasterol, beta-sitos- terol, its beta-D-glucoside, quercitol, quercetin and its dihydroderivatives, ursolic acid.

The bark contains 10% tannin.