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Oxyria digyna

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Oxyria digyna is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.45 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Scurvy, Dysentery.[1]

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

The structures of three new compounds isolated, from the whole plants of Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill have been elucidated to be oxyriaflavonol (1), 5, 7, 3'-trihydroxy-4-methoxyflavanone-7-O-(2"-O-beta -D-glucopyranosyl)-alpha -L-rhamnopyranoside.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
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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

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

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, Division in the spring.

How to plant/cultivate

Prefers a moist well-drained rocky soil in a sunny position or partial shade.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Damp rocky places on mountains, Especially by streams, On enriched soils below bird roosts.

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References

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

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