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Phoenix sylvestris - Kharjura
Kharjura is wild date palm is a very tall. It is fast-growing, unbranched, single-stemmed palm with recurving, plumose, glaucous fronds, growing 4 - 15 metres tall. Typically, the plant has a swollen base and retains the leaf bases on the trunk.
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 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Improves digestion strength, Improves strength and immunity, Rheumatoid arthritis, Anaemia, Cough.[1]
Food
Phoenix sylvestris can be used in Food. Mature fruits are eaten raw. Sap is drunk as a soft drink.[2]
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Kannada | Eechalu, Eechala mara |
Hindi | Khajoor, Khajri |
Malayalam | Intappana, Kharjjuram |
Tamil | Icham ,Periaitcham |
Telugu | Etha chettu, Peddaeeta |
Marathi | NA |
Gujarathi | NA |
Punjabi | NA |
Kashmiri | NA |
Sanskrit | Kharjura, Skandhappala |
English | Wild date palm |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Madhura (Sweet)
Guna
Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Oily)
Veerya
Sheeta (cold)
Vipaka
Madhura (Sweet)
Karma
Pitta, Vata
Prabhava
Nutritional components
Phoenix sylvestris Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin C, Phenols, Calcium, copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potasium, Phosphurus, sodium and Zinc.[2]
Habit
Identification
Leaf
Kind | Shape | Feature |
---|---|---|
Pinnate | Clustered at the top | Leaves 3-4.5 m long, greyish-green, with a few short(to 10 cm) spines at the base; pinnules numerous, linear, 15-45 cm long and 2-2.5 cm wide, ending in short points. |
Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unisexual | Spadix | Pale yellow | 3 | Fragrant, borne in spadices; male flowers white, female greenish. Flowering season is May-November |
Fruit
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berry | 2.5-3.2 cm long | Fruiting spadix about 90 cm long, bearing oblong-ellipsoid berries, 2.5-3.2 cm long, orange-yellow when ripe | Seed approximately 1.7 cm long, deeply grooved with rounded ends | Fruiting season is May-November |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Balaprasha, Eladi vati, Drakshadi churna, Shatavaryadi churna[6]
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Seed - probably best sown as soon as it is ripe in containers, otherwise sow the seed as soon as you obtain it. Germination usually takes place within 2 - 3 months[7]. Phoenix sylvestris is available through January to October[2].
Commonly seen growing in areas
Tropical area, Sub tropical area.
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Uses
- ↑ 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.124, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
- ↑ ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.136, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru
- ↑ Vernacular names
- ↑ Botonic description
- ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
- ↑ Cultivation details
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Improves digestion strength
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Improves strength and immunity
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Anaemia
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cough
- Herbs with Fruits used in medicine
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Root used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Tree
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Sub tropical area
- Herbs
- Arecaceae