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Salix caprea

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Salix caprea is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 10.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Uses

Fevers, Headaches, Ophthalmia, Haemoptysis.[1]

Parts Used

Inner bark, Young shoots.

Chemical Composition

It contains a total of 19 constituents representing (99.2%) of the aromatic water were identified; Hexahydrofarnesylacetone (38.3%), 2-butyl-octanol (24.0%), 2.hexyl-1-octanol (8.6%) were the main components.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


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

Deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

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 mature wood, Cuttings of half-ripe wood,.

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in most soils, including wet, ill-drained or intermittently flooded soils, but prefers a damp, heavy soil in a sunny position. Grows in drier soils than any other British species of Salix. Rarely thrives on chalk[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Woods, Scrub.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. ["Morphology"]
  4. Cultivation

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