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Hybanthus enneaspermus

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Spade flower

Hybanthus enneaspermus is a plant commonly found during the rainy season in dry regions with gravel and stones in the Deccan plateu of India.

Uses

Diarrhea, Urinary tract infections, Inflammation, Wound healing, Asthma [1]

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Charaata, Purusharatna
Hindi Ratanpurus
Malayalam Nelam-parenda, Orilattamara
Tamil Oorithal thamarai, Orilaittamarai
Telugu Nelakobbari, Purusharathnam
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Purusharatna, Padmacarini, Charati
English Spade flower

[2]

Properties

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves subsessile, 0.6-3 x 0.3-1 cm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, margins distantly crenate, crenations scabrous hairy, apex acute, hirsute; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-lanceolate.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Axillary, solitary Pink-Purple 5 Pedicel 0.6-1.5 cm long, slender. Sepals 5, subequal, 2-3 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals 5, pinkish, unequal; lower one 0.8-1.5 cm long, suborbicular, clawed, other 4 smaller, 3-5 mm long, elliptic or triangular-oblong. Stamens 5, c. 2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled; ovules many; style clavate; stigma oblique.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A capsule 5 - 8 mm long Seeds many, ovoid Seeds many, ovoid {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

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References

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