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Salvia microphylla - Baby sage

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Baby sage, Salvia microphylla

Salvia microphylla is a perennial shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s.

Uses

Fever.

Parts Used

Roots, Bark, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and β‐carotene/linoleic acid tests were used to determine the antioxidant activity. Terpin‐4‐ol (14.95%), sabinene (13.07%) and γ‐terpinene (11.22%) were found to be the major constituents in the essential oil of M. fragrans by gas chromatography, whereas (E)‐caryophyllene (15.35%), α‐eudesmol (14.06%), β‐eudesmol (8.74%) and γ‐eudesmol (7.64%) were encountered in the essential oil of S. microphylla.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Baby sage


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

Evergreen Perennial shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Deciduous Needled

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual 2.5 cm long White, Multi-Color 5-6 Flower Time is Late spring or early summer

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Short legume 7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad 12-20 seeds {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant usually of higher elevations in the tropics, occasionally descending as low as 1,200 metres. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Beds Wall-side Borders City, Flower borders side Borders City, Coastal Cottage.

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