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Casearia esculenta

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Casearia esculenta is often only a shrub. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and is also occasionally used as a food. It is a small tree up to 6mtrs tall.

Uses

Diabetes, Piles.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

It contains sterol (a substance resembling gutta-percha), Flavonoid compound, and two resins.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Dodda haniche, Saptarangi beru
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

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Ovate Shining and Glabrous Rounded, Elliptic OR Narrowed at Base

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Axillary Yellow Glabrouse, Staminodes pilose at the tip

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule with red aril

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

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Coasts, Hills, Moist regions, Dry regions.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  2. [Morphology]
  3. [Cultivation]

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