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Aesculus indica - Indian horse chestnut

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[[File:Aesculus indica2.JPG|thumb|right|''Pangara'', ''Aesculus indica'']]
'''Pangara''' is a temperate deciduous tree in the soapnut family, native to the western Himalayan region. They grow at altitudes from 1800 - 3000 m.

==Uses==


==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}


==Chemical Composition==
The leaves contain aescin, quercetin and beta-sitosterol. Stems also contain rutin, astragalin, aesculin. Seeds contain aescin, aesculuside A and B, also aliphatic esters.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=akhnor, bankhor, goon, gun, khanir, khanoor, khanor, pangar, pangara|en=Indian Horse Chestnut}}
<ref name="Common names"/>

==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==
{{Habit|Tree}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Digitate|Opposite|The leaves are large, opposite, digitate, glossy, laceolate ( Boat shaped),margin entire and venation pinnate, it forms a umbel shaped at the branch apex}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual|terminal panicle|white||the flowers are found in a long stack about 40 cm long and bearing about 300 flowers}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Fleshy capsules|||Large brown seeds|}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==

==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}

==How to plant/cultivate==


===Season to grow===

===Soil type===


===Propagation===

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Temperate forest}}.

==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Aesculus indica.jpg|
File:Aesculus indica Bra19.png|Yellow flower
</gallery>

==References==

<references>
<ref name="Chemical composition">[https://herbs.indianmedicinalplants.info/index.php/medicinal-plants-pictures-a-details/1278-aesculus-indica-hook "Chemical constituents"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.medicinalplantsindia.com/indian-horse-chestnut.html"BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
</references>

==External Links==
* [https://www.alwaysayurveda.com/aesculus/]
* [http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60450399-2]
* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Aesculus+indica]

[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Trees]][[Category:Himalayas]]
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