Padmaka is an important drug used as one of the ingredients in many Ayurvedic preparations. The accepted source of this drug is the heart-wood or some times the stem of Prunus cerasoides D. Don of family Rosaceae. The south Indian market sample of Padmaka is identified as the flowers of Careya arborea Roxb of family Lecythidaceae. The present study was undertaken to evaluate pharmacognostical characters, phytochemical analysis and pharmacological studies (antiulcer activity) on stem bark of C. arborea Roxb. To carry out this study, the drug material was collected from surroundings of...