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Digera muricata
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Digera muricata is an annual herb growing up to 70 cm tall. Often gathered from the wild for local use as a food in some areas it is also cultivated and sold in local markets.
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 Cultivation Details
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Indigestion, Urinary disorders.
Food
Digera muricata can be used in Food. Leaves and twigs are cooked as vegetable[1].
Parts Used
Leaves, Young shoots, Flowers.
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | ಚೆಂಚಲಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Chenchalisoppu, ಗೊರಜೆಪಲ್ಲೆ Gorajepalle |
| Hindi | Chanchali |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | Toyya kirai |
| Telugu | Chenchalicettu |
| Marathi | |
| Gujarathi | Kanjaro |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | |
| English | False Amaranth |
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
Nutritional components
Digera muricata Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Vitamin-A, Ribofl avin; Copper, Iron, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc[1].
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Alternately arranged | 1-9cm long and 0.2-5cm broad | Leaf stalks are long upto 5cm |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borne on slender spike-like racemes | {{{5}}} |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subglobuse | Slightly compressed 2-2.5mm across |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
Cultivation Details
A very adaptable plant, it occurs naturally in both tropical and subtropical regions, where it can be found in semi-arid through to quite moist areas[5]. Digera muricata is available through September-December[1].
Commonly seen growing in areas
Most common on disturbed, Waste ground, Savannah, Semi desert, Mud soils.
Photo Gallery
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.65, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
- ↑ [Chemistry]
- ↑ Common names
- ↑ Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 166
- ↑ [Cultivation]
External Links
- Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Indigestion
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Urinary disorders
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Young shoots used in medicine
- Herbs with Flowers used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Gujarathi
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Annual
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Most common on disturbed
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Waste ground
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Savannah
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Semi desert
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Mud soils
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