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Ammania Baccifera - Blistering ammania
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Ammannia baccifera is many-branched, annual herb. Usually grows upto 10 - 50cm tall. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Skin diseases, Wounds, Swellings, Ringworms, Parasitic skin infection, Fevers, Malaria, Jaundice, Eliminate blood clots.
Parts Used
Young leaves, Root, Whole Plant.[1]
Chemical Composition
Yielded four known compounds: β-sitosterol-3-O- β-glucopyranoside, quercctin-3-rutinoside (Rutin), kaempferol-3-O- β-glucopyranoside and quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside (Quercitrin).[2]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Kaadugida |
| Hindi | Aginbuti |
| Malayalam | Kallur vanchi |
| Tamil | Kall-uruvi |
| Telugu | Agnivedana paku |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Agnigarbha |
| English | Blistering Ammannia |
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
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Opposite | Stem 4-angled or more or less winged. Leaves decussate, sessile, 2-6 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear to elliptic, base attenuate, apex acute, chartaceous. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Axillary cymes | 4 | Cymes dischasial, axillary. Flowers 4 or 5-merous, perigynous; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Flowering from October to March |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule | 1.5-2 mm across | Globose, exceeding calyx tube | Seeds brownish, concavo-convex | Fruiting from October to March |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
The plant is often found as a weed of cultivated land, especially wet sites such as rice fields.[4]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Open areas, Damp area, Waste places, Rice fields.
Photo Gallery
Flowers
Plant
Flowers
Habitat
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 168
- ↑ Pharmacognostical and Pharmacological Evaluation of Ammannia baccifera by Riddhi Vavaiya
- ↑ Morphology
- ↑ Cultivation
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin diseases
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Wounds
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Swellings
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Ringworms
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Parasitic skin infection
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Fevers
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Malaria
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Jaundice
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Eliminate blood clots
- Herbs with Young leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Root used in medicine
- Herbs with Whole Plant used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Open areas
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Damp area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Waste places
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Rice fields
- Herbs
- Lythraceae
