Madana / Mainphal
Description :
A large deciduous thorny shrub grows up to 5 meters of height. Leaves simple, obovate, wrinkled, shiny and pubescent. Flowers white, fragrant, solitary, seen on at the end of short branches. Fruits globose, smooth berries with longitudinal ribs; yellow when ripe. Seeds many, compressed, embedded in the dark fetid pulp. 
Details :
Details :Botanical Name :Randia Dumetorum
Sanskrit Name : Madana, Vamanaphala, Teevragandhi
English Name : Emetic nut
Arabic Name : Jauzulaki, Jijul kai
Asam Name : Behmona
Bengali Name : Mainphal
English Name : Emetic nut tree
Gujarati Name : Mindhal, Mindhola, Midhola
Hindi Name : Mainphal, Madan
Malyalam Name : Kara
Marathi Name : Ghela, Peralu, Mindhal, Wagatta, Gelphal
Oria Name : Palova
Tamil Name : Marukkalanka1y, Madkarai
Telugu Name : Manga
Part Used :Seed,Fruit,leaf
Medicinal Uses :
- The drug is emetic, anthelmintic, Anti-microbial, abortifacient and astringent. Root useful in Skin diseases.
- The pulp of fruit is believed by many practitioners to also have anthelmintic properties, and also used as an abortiffcient as folklore remedy.
- It cures abscess, ulcers, inflammation, wounds, tumours, skin diseases and have antibacterial activity.
- Randia dumetorum is used in treatment asthma, rhinitis, bronchatitis, cold, cough, pain, inflammation etc.
- Randia dumetorum extract was obtained from dried and powdered fruits of Randia dumetorum using 95% methanol and its fractions were obtained by using increasing polarity of solvents like
- Petroleum ether, chloroform, ethylacetate and methanol.