Botnical name: Calotropis procer
Family name: ASCLEPIADACEAE
Names in different languages:
English: Tumeric
Sinhala name:Kaha
Tamil names : mancal,
Manjal
Sanskirt:
-Haridra
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India .
Status:-Under cultivation
Edible parts:-Rhizoma
Ayurvedicusage:
Treatment for: bites, Snake bits , Colds, Fever, Catarrh,
Rheumatisim, Bronchial ailments, Skin diseases,Bruises, Sprains, Wounds, Leach
Parts used to make medicine:Rhizoma
Propagation: Rhizoma
Important condiment, spice and medicinal material in India and Sri Lanka. Believed to reduce uric acid levels in the blood, reducing gout symptoms. It is the main constituent of alternative-medicine treatments for Gout, arthritis. Ant-cancer effects have been claimed. It contains a di-ketone which can exist in a enol-form. A chain of nine conjugated carbon atoms linking two benzene rings explains the yellow colour of Turmeric
