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.

Hyptis suaveolens

From Ayurwiki
(Redirected from Bhustrena)
Jump to: navigation, search
Hyptis suaveolens (Vilayti Tulsi) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0117.jpg

Hyptis suaveolens is a coarse erect annual or often a perennial with stems that become more or less woody and persist. Usually much branched, it is sometimes as much as 2.5 metres high but is generally much lower. The plant has a range of food and medicinal uses, being often harvested from the wild for local use. The plant is occasionally cultivated in Mexico and India.

Uses

Rheumatism, Stomach problems, Fevers, Colds, Colds, Dermatitis, Eczema, Boils, Headache, Snake bites.[1]

Parts Used

Young shoots, Seeds, Aromatic leaves.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Vilaiti tulsi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu Sirna tulasi
Marathi Bhustrena
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Bhustrena
English American Mint, Bush mint

[3]

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

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Petiolate Broadly ovate Acute at apex, Cordate or round at base

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
8-15cm long Blue or Bluish purple Rarely solitary Flowering season is September-April

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Nutlets Oblong or Ovoid, flat, Glabrous Blackish brown Emerginated at apex with a white mark on either side of the pointed base. Fruiting season is September-April

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

The plant is often an abundant weed, sometimes forming dense thickets of considerable extent that are much visited by birds when the seeds are ripe.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry thickets, Waste ground, Open forest areas, Fields.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. Common names
  4. Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 226
  5. Cultivation

External Links