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==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
Analysis has shown a brown, resinous, acrid substance, insoluble in potassium hydroxide and probably containing pelletonin, two oils soluble in potassium hydroxide - one dark brown and acrid, the other yellow - tannin, gum, potassium sulphate and carbonate, potassium chloride, calcium phosphate and carbonate, silica, alumina, lignin, etc.  
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White-willow bark, according to Pelletier and Caventou, consists of bitter, yellow coloring matter, green fatty matter, tannic acid, resin, etc. The chief constituent, however, as with all the willows, is the glucosid salicin (see Salicinum)<ref name="chemical composition"/>
An alkaloid, Pyrethrine, yielding pyrethric acid, is stated to be the active principle.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
 
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
 
{{Common names|kn=|ml=Akkarakaaram|sa=Akarkarabh|ta=|te=|hi=Akarkara|en=Pellitory}}
 
{{Common names|kn=|ml=Akkarakaaram|sa=Akarkarabh|ta=|te=|hi=Akarkara|en=Pellitory}}
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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==Habit==
 
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
 
  
 
==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Where to get the saplings==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus habitus1.jpg|Var. ''depressus''
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2013-05-04 15 59 05 Black Willow catkins along Colonial Lake in Colonial Lake Park in Lawrence, New Jersey.jpg
File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus open.jpg|same plant, flower detail
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File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus closed.jpg|Var. ''depressus'', flowers closed
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2013-05-04 15 59 14 Black Willow catkins along Colonial Lake in Colonial Lake Park in Lawrence, New Jersey.jpg
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Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science" (1893-1930.) (19369397441).jpg
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Black Willow NBG.jpg
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Black Willows in Cameron Texas.jpg
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/akarkara-plant "dabur medicinal plants"]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/salix-alba.html "Chemical Composition"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.ibiblio.org/openkey/intkey/web/SANI.htm/ "common trees"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.ibiblio.org/openkey/intkey/web/SANI.htm/ "leaves description"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Salix+nigra "plantd for future"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Salix+nigra "Cultivation details"]</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/salix-nigr.html Salix nigra on Henriette's Herbal Homepage]
  
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* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286793&isprofile=0&n=1 Salix nigra on Missouri Botanical Garden]
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* [https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00613 The Native Plant Database of Salix nigra]
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* [http://ontariotrees.com/main/species.php?id=2230 Salix nigra on ontario trees]
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* [http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/bl_willow.htm Salix nigra on illinoiswildflowers.info]
  
 
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[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
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[[Category:Salicaceae]]

Latest revision as of 15:38, 12 June 2019

Salix nigra, black willow

Salix nigra (black willow) is a species of willow native to eastern North America, from New Brunswick and southern Ontario west to Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.

Uses

sexual erethism, irritability, passion, libidinous thoughts, irritability, Toot cystitis, sexual abuse, ovaritis, cystitis, prostatitis.

Parts Used

inner bark, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

White-willow bark, according to Pelletier and Caventou, consists of bitter, yellow coloring matter, green fatty matter, tannic acid, resin, etc. The chief constituent, however, as with all the willows, is the glucosid salicin (see Salicinum)[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Akarkara
Malayalam Akkarakaaram
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Akarkarabh
English Pellitory


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

tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
simple deciduous petiolate, alternate, distichous, (2–)5–15 cm long, (0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2) cm wide, falcate or lanceolate, leaf margins serrate or serrulate, leaf apices acuminate, leaf bases cuneate or obtuse or rounded

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 14-18cm long Yellow, Circular Androecium. Stamens 3–7 per flower. Flowering February or March or April or May. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, catkins, flowers sessile. Flowers unisexual or pistillate or staminate. Perianth. Calyx absent. Corolla absent. Gynoecium. Ovaries superior, pistils 1 per flower. Gynoecium syncarpous, 2 carpels per flower, styles 1 per pistil, styles 0.2 mm long.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Fruits capsules 0.3–0.8 cm long reddish-brown, fruit maturation 1 years 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

Succeeds in most soils, including wet, ill-drained or intermittently flooded soilst[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

wet soil condition, along streams and lakes.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links