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Lyonia ovalifolia
Lyonia ovalifolia is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 2.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Skin diseases, External parasites.[1]
Parts Used
Young leaves, stem, leaves, Root.
Chemical Composition
Phytochemical investigation on the twigs and leaves of Lyonia ovalifolia led to the isolation of thirty-four compounds, including six grayanane diterpenoids (1–6), sixteen ursane triterpenoids etc.[2]
Common names
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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
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
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, Cuttings of half-ripe wood, Air layering.
How to plant/cultivate
Grow in dappled shade in moist humus-rich lime-free soils and mulch annually with leafmould.[4]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Sunny places on hills, On the edges of oak, On the edges of pine, On the edges of rhododendron woods.
Photo Gallery
flowers
fruits
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References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin diseases
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat External parasites
- Herbs with Young leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with stem used in medicine
- Herbs with leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Root used in medicine
- Habit - Deciduous shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Cuttings of half-ripe wood
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Air layering
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Sunny places on hills
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of On the edges of oak
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of On the edges of pine
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of On the edges of rhododendron woods
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