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Avicennia officinalis - Indian Mangrove

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Indian mangrove is an evergreen shrub or tree. It is grows upto 8 - 18 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres tall.

Uses

Boils, Tumours, Smallpox sores, Abscesses, Skin afflictions, Scabies, Snakebite.

Parts Used

Fruits, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

The genus includes true mangrove plants that have been reported to contain iridoids glycosides, flavonoids, diterpenes, triterpenes, fatty acids, and naphthoquinones.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಕಾಂದಲೆ Kandale, ಮದ Mada
Hindi NA
Malayalam Orayi, Uppatti
Tamil Venkantal
Telugu Tella mada
Marathi Tavir, Tivar
Gujarathi Cheriyan, Ikal
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Sagarodbhutah
English Indian mangrove, white mangrove

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Evergreen tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the moist to wet tropics and subtropics, where it is always found at around sea-level near the coast.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Coastal marshes, Brackish silts, Saline silts.

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