Botanical name : Abrus Precatorius
Family : Fabaceae Leguminosae
English name : Jaquirity
Hindi name : Ratti
Parts used : Root, leaf and seed
Description : A perennial twiner with pale purple or pink flowers, paripinnate compound leaves; leaflets 10-20 pairs, opposite, linear oblong, membranous.
Taste : Bitter
Chemical constituents :
Seeds contain : Lupeol acetate, Sitosterol,
Sucrose, Gallic acid, Orientin, Iso-orientin; Abrussic acid, Haemagglutinin,
Root contains : stigmasterol, Glycine, Glutamic acid ,Tyrosin, Quercetin, Luteolin, kaempferol, Taxalbumin, Alkaloidabrin, Glucoside-abralin, Monoglucosidic, Anthocyanin-Abranin.
Leaves Contain : Precol, Abrol, Abrasine, Precasine.
Actions : Purgative, Emetic, Aphrodisiac, Antispasmodic.
Used In : In nervous disorder, Cattlepoisoning, Emmenagogue, Abortifacient, Antibacterial, Antifertility, Anthelmintic, Analgesic, Antileprotic, Muscle relaxent,
Leaves :- Sweet and Expectorant, wound healer, biliousness, promotes taste, ophthalmia, leucoderma,
itching, fever, stomatctis, Asthma, thirst dental cries.