Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Difference between revisions of "Vallaris Solanacea - Asphota, Navamallika"

From Ayurwiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Photo Gallery)
(External Links)
Line 79: Line 79:
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
 +
[[Category:Apocynaceae]]

Revision as of 14:44, 27 May 2019

Asphota, Navamallika

Asphoṭa consists of the dried root pieces of Vallaris solanacea Kuntze syn. V.heynei Spreng. (Fam. Apocynaceae), a large woody climbing shrub, occurring wild in subtropical Himalayan forests, up to an altitude of 1500 m and on the Konkan coast and further south; often cultivated in the gardens as an ornamental plant due to its fragrant white flowers.

Uses

[[:Category:Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat |]], [[:Category:Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat |]].

Parts Used

Roots, Bark.

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Dudhibel
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu Nagamalle, Nityamalle
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Bhadravallī, Asphoṭa
English


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kaṣāya

Guna

Rūkṣa, Laghu

Veerya

Uṣṇa

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Vātahara, Vraṇaṣodhaka

Prabhava

Habit

Climbing shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Elliptic Oppositely arranged 2 – 15 cm long and 0.8 – 6 cm wide

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Inflorescence 2.5 – 10.2 cm long Flowers are cream or pale green coloured Stamens are inserted at the center of the flower and filament is 0.12 – 0.26 mm long

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Follicle 8 - 14 cm long and 1.5 - 3.5 cm wide Seed is elliptical Fruits are sometimes only formed from one carpel

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

[[:Category:Index of Plants which can be propagated by |]]

How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Terrestrial, Tropical area, Sub-Tropical area, Monsoonal area.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-27
  2. "Morphology"
  3. [ "Cultivation detail"]

External Links