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Leea indica

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Leea indica is an erect shrub to small tree, often with several stems. It usually grows up to 10 metres tall, occasionally to 16 metres, with stems around 19cm in diameter. Plants are frequently stilt-rooted. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is locally cultivated in India and China for medicinal purposes. It is often grown as an ornamental and is also grown as a green manure.

Uses

Severe cough, Fever, Headache, Body pains, Dizziness, Body pains, Fevers, Sleeplessness, Muscular pain, Leucorrhoea, Intestinal cancer.[1]

Food

Leea indica can be used in Food. Leaves and tender shoots are cooked as vegetable.[2]

Parts Used

Root, Fruits.[3]

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Gadhapatri
Hindi Kukur jihwa
Malayalam Nakku
Tamil Nalava
Telugu Amkador
Marathi Karkani
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Chatri
English Bandicoot berry

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter)

Guna

Laghu (Light)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Karma

Pitta

Prabhava

Nutritional components

Leea indica Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C and E; Palmitic acid, Phthalic acid, Gallic acid; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc[2]

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
2-3 pinnate Alternate Leaves 2 or 3 pinnate, alternate, leaflets 11-14 x 3-5 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, serrate-dentate; lateral nerves 12-15 pairs, intercostae parallel, curved; stipules obovate-obtuse, to 5 x 4 cm

[5]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Cymes Terminal cymes Greenish white Flowering is from December to July

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A berry 6mm across Seeds densely red-glandular Fruiting is from December to July {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings, Air layering.

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in full or partial sun, preferring a moist, fertile, well-drained soil[6]. Leea indica is available through August to March[2].

Commonly seen growing in areas

Swamp forests, Sub-montane forests, Along rivers, On limestone.

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References

  1. Uses of Leea indica - Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.103, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  3. ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.66, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru.
  4. Vernacular names
  5. PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION
  6. Cultivation

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