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Garcinia pedunculata

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Garcinia pedunculata is a tree growing around 20 metres tall. The bark is thick and corky. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and food. It is sometimes cultivated for its fruit in Bangladesh.

Uses

Gastric issues, Rheumatic pain.[1]

Parts Used

Seeds, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
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

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

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

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Humid dense forests.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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