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Simarouba glauca

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Simarouba glauca is an evergreen, small or medium-sized tree with a narrow crown. It usually grows up to 15 metres tall. but specimens up to 27 metres are recorded. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 9 metres, 30cm or more in diameter. The plant is often used for medicinal purposes.

Uses

Malaria, Fever, Dysentery, Cancer, Leukaemia, Diarrhoea, Haemorrhages, Intestinal parasites, Colitis.

Parts Used

Fruit, Seed.

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Areca nut


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 Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Flowering season is December to April

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Fruiting season is December to April

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seed

Cultivation Details

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 800 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature ranges between 22 - 29°c, but can tolerate a range of 18 - 34°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 2,000 - 3,000mm, but tolerates 1,200 - 4,000mm, growing in areas with a distinct dry season and where there is no dry season.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry forest or thickets, Dry open rocky hillsides.

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References

  1. [Chemistry]
  2. [Morphology]
  3. [Cultivation]

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