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Coscinium fenestratum - Kālīyaka

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Kālīyaka

Kālīyaka is a large woody climber with stout stem and branches, occurring in the Western Ghats.

Uses

Wounds, Ulcers.

Parts Used

Stem.

Chemical Composition

Alkaloids-berberine, palmitine, jatrorrhizine, proto-berberne, N-dilindacarpine, thalifendine and columbamine. The stems and roots of Kalambaka contain alkaloids including berberine. 3.5–5% and jatorrhizine. Stems contain ceryl palmitic acid and oleic acid [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Mardaa arashinaa
Hindi Jhaar-ki-hald
Malayalam Maramanjal
Tamil Atturam, Kadari, Manjalkoid
Telugu Manu pasupu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Kālīya, Kālīyākhya, Kāleyaka, Kalambaka
English False Calumba


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Kaṣāya, Tikṭa

Guna

Laghu.Rūkṣa

Veerya

Śīta

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Pittahara, Dīpana, Pācana, Anulomaka, Raktaṣodhaka, Pittahara, Kaphamedohara, Dīpana, Pācana, Kaphamedohara.

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Oblong deltoid Obscurely peltate Leaf are glabrous above, hairy and reticulate beneath.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long Green Borne in dense globose heads It is a dioecious plant and comes to bloom from August to October

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Drupe globose 3-8 cm Villous and bony endocarp Seed is globose {{{6}}}

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

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest, Soils include granitic, Sandstone area.

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References

  1. Chemical composition
  2. Morphology
  3. [Cultivation detail]

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