The specific name tiglium is of obscure origin. It may come from the traditional name given by pharmacists to the seeds of the croton plant. According to one suggestion, it may be derived from the Greek tiglos, diarrhea. According to another, it may refer to one of the Maluku islands in Indonesia, ostensibly the home habitat of the species.[3]
Traditional usesedit
Croton tiglium is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name bā dòu (Chinese: 巴豆)[citation needed]. C. tiglium is known as japaala/ජාපාල or jayapala in Sinhala and used in Sinhala traditional medical system of Sri Lanka and in Sanskrit. The seeds are called jamālgoṭa in Hindi, Marathi, and Urdu, and are well known for their toxicity (severe purgative effect). They are used to treat constipation after the seeds have undergone a traditional Ayurvedic detoxification process with cow's milk (godugdha). This is referred to as Śodhana, a general term for detoxification.[4][5] The plant is poisonous, with the bark used as an arrow poison and the seeds used to poison fish.[6]
C. tiglium – autumn leaves, January 2020, Nan Yao Yuan, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, SW ChinaC. tiglium – stem with bark, January 2020, Nan Yao Yuan, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, SW China
^ abN. R. Pillai (1999). "Gastro-intestinal effects of Croton tiglium in Experimental Animals". Ancient Science of Life. 18 (3&4): 205–209. PMC3336487. PMID 22556892.
croton, tiglium, known, purging, croton, plant, species, family, euphorbiaceae, purging, crotonscientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eudicotsclade, rosidsorder, malpighialesfamily, euphorbiaceaegenus, crotonspec. Croton tiglium known as purging croton is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae Purging crotonCroton tigliumScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder MalpighialesFamily EuphorbiaceaeGenus CrotonSpecies C tigliumBinomial nameCroton tigliumL 1 1753 SynonymsCroton acutus Thunb Croton arboreus Shecut Croton birmanicus Mull Arg Croton camaza Perr Croton himalaicus D G Long Croton jamalgota Buch Ham Croton muricatus Blanco Illegitimate Croton officinalis Klotzsch Alston Illegitimate Croton pavana Buch Ham Croton tiglium var tiglium Halecus verus Raf Kurkas tiglium L Raf Oxydectes birmanica Mull Arg Kuntze Oxydectes blancoana Kuntze Oxydectes pavana Buch Ham Kuntze Oxydectes tiglium L Kuntze Tiglium officinale Klotzsch 2 Contents 1 Etymology 2 Traditional uses 3 Chemical constituents 4 References 5 External linksEtymology editThe specific name tiglium is of obscure origin It may come from the traditional name given by pharmacists to the seeds of the croton plant According to one suggestion it may be derived from the Greek tiglos diarrhea According to another it may refer to one of the Maluku islands in Indonesia ostensibly the home habitat of the species 3 Traditional uses editCroton tiglium is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine where it has the nameba dou Chinese 巴豆 citation needed C tiglium is known as japaala ජ ප ල or jayapala in Sinhala and used in Sinhala traditional medical system of Sri Lanka and in Sanskrit The seeds are called jamalgoṭa in Hindi Marathi and Urdu and are well known for their toxicity severe purgative effect They are used to treat constipation after the seeds have undergone a traditional Ayurvedic detoxification process with cow s milk godugdha This is referred to as Sodhana a general term for detoxification 4 5 The plant is poisonous with the bark used as an arrow poison and the seeds used to poison fish 6 Chemical constituents editMajor known chemical constituents are crotonoleic acid 5 glyceryl crotonate crotonic acid citation needed crotonic resin and various co carcinogenic phorbol derivatives nbsp C tiglium autumn leaves January 2020 Nan Yao Yuan Jinghong Xishuangbanna Yunnan SW China nbsp C tiglium stem with bark January 2020 Nan Yao Yuan Jinghong Xishuangbanna Yunnan SW ChinaReferences edit Croton tiglium Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved 2008 02 19 Croton tiglium theplantlist org Alexander Senning The Etymology of Chemical Names Berlin DeGruyter 2019 under Tiglic acid PMC4264303 a b N R Pillai 1999 Gastro intestinal effects of Croton tiglium in Experimental Animals Ancient Science of Life 18 3 amp 4 205 209 PMC 3336487 PMID 22556892 Croton tiglium Purdue UniversityExternal links editCroton tiglium List of Chemicals Dr Duke s Databases Archived 2018 01 15 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This Euphorbiaceae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Croton tiglium amp oldid 1211988796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
