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[[File:Galanthus nivalis.jpg|thumb|right|''Galanthus nivalis'']]
'''Galanthus''' is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. The plants have two linear leaves and a single small white drooping bell shaped flower with six petal-like (petaloid) tepals in two circles.
== Description Uses== {{Uses|high blood sugar}}, {{Uses|lowering blood pressure}}, {{Uses|insomnia}}, {{Uses|hysteria}}, {{Uses|cataract}}, {{Uses|plague}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Schizophrenia}}, {{Uses|cholera}} ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}. ==Chemical Composition==ajmaline, ajmalinine and ajmalicine, Serpentine group—serpentine and serpentinine<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Sutranavi, Patalagondhi|ml=Suvapavalforiyan|sa=Sarpagandha|ta=Chivan amelpodi|te=Paataala goni|hi=Sarpagandha|en=Indian Snake Wood}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.All species of Galanthus are perennial petaloid herbaceous bulbous ===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter)===Guna===Ruksha (Dry)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Ushna (growing from bulbsHot) monocot plants. The genus is characterised by the presence ===Karma===Vata, Kapha===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Oval|Oval leaves present in whorl of two leaves3 with paler green below and dark green above, pendulous tip is acuminate and base is slender and tapering}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|4-8cm long|white|5-8|Flowers Irregular corymbose white flowers with six free perianth segments violet tinge}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Oval fleshy|1 cm long|on ripening color turns to shiny purple black|With hooked hairs|single}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in two whorls. The inner whorl which the herb is smaller than used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the outer whorl and has green markingssaplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. In applanate vernation the two leaf blades are pressed flat ==How to each other within the bud plant/cultivate==June and as they emerge; explicative leaves are also pressed flat against each other, but the edges of the leaves July are folded back (externally recurved) or sometimes rolled; in supervolute plants one leaf is tightly clasped around the other within the bud and generally remains at the point where the leaves emerge from the soil (suitable months for illustration, see Stearn transplanting seedlings and Davis.vegetatively propagated plants<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
== Uses Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
==Common nameReferences==
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[https://www.ayurtimes.com/rauwolfia-serpentina-sarpagandha/ "plant description"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediaindiaagronet.orgcom/wikiindiaagronet/Galanthus Galanthus-Wikipediacrop%20info/Sarpagandha.htm "india agronet.com"]</ref></references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.homeremediess.com/medicinal-herb-sarpagandha-uses/ Aniseed (Pimpinella Anisum) Plant Medicinal Benefits And Images]
* [http://www.bsienvis.nic.in/Database/bsi_3946.aspx envis centre on floral diversity]
* [http://www.agrifarming.in/sarpagandha-cultivation-beginners-guide/ Galanthus nivalis on agri farming.net]
* [https://www.apnikheti.com/en/pn/agriculture/horticulture/medicinal-plants/sarpagandha Galanthus nivalis on apnikheti]
[[Category:Herbs]]
