KURCHI
Common name	Kurchi
Botanical Name	Holarrhena antidysentrica(roth)
Vernacular name	English-Ester tree Hindi-Kurchi Gujarati-Vatsaka Sanskrit-Kuda, Kadachhal
Family	Apocynaceae
Class	Magnoliopsida
Parts of plant used	Stem bark
Chemical Constituents	Conessine and related alkaloids
Therapeutic uses	The bark is considered to be stomachic, astringent, tonic, antidysenteric, febrifuge and anthelmintic. The dried bark is rubbed over the body in dropsy. Kurchi bark is used to cure amoebic dysentery and diarrhoea.