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Crotalaria juncea - Sanah

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Sun hemp

Crotalaria juncea is an erect, laxly branched annual plant. It grows upto 1 - 3 metres tall. The plant has been cultivated since prehistoric times, especially in India, for its fibre. It is widely grown in many areas of the tropics and subtropics, including Africa, Asia and Australasia, as a green manure crop and for its fibre

Uses

Impetigo, Psoriasis.

Parts Used

[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]].

Chemical Composition

Seeds—hepatotoxic. Seed oil gave fatty acids—linoleic, linolenic and oleic. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids—junceine, tricodesmine, riddelline, seneciphylline and senecionine were also obtained.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಸೆಣಬು Senabu
Hindi Patsan, San
Malayalam Chanam, Kilukiluppa
Tamil Canal, Catampu
Telugu Gilaka-chettu
Marathi Dhakti ghagari
Gujarathi Shan, Shaniyu
Punjabi San, Sanni
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Brown hemp, False hemp

[2]

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

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves 3-8 x 0.5-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal raceme Yellow Many-flowered, 15-30 cm long. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm long; pedicels c. 5 mm long.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Pod 2.5-3x 1-1.3 cm Oblong-cylindrical, fulvous silky hairy Seeds 8-15, c. 4 mm long, obliquely-cordiform.

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

Sunn hemp is often cultivated in the dry to moist tropics and subtropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 4 - 40°c.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Sparse forests, Along trails.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Pods

  • Seeds

  • Flower

  • Habit

References

  1. ↑ Chemistry
  2. ↑ Common names
  3. ↑ Morphology
  4. ↑ [ Cultivation]

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