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Canarium strictum - Mandadhupa

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'''Mandadhupa''', is a tall evergreen tree with pinnate leaves and can found growing along rivers and streams in the [[western ghats]]. New leaves emerge bright red. Resin from the stem is harvested.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Psoriasis}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Epilepsy}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}
<ref name="Uses"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Resin}}
==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=haale maddu, haalu maddi, kari dhoopa, mandadhupa, raala dhoopa|ml=karunkungiliam, kunthirikkapayin|sa=mandadhupa, raladhupa|ta=kakanemi, karukunkiliyam, kungiliam, kunturukkam|te=nalla-rojan, nallarojanamu, nallarojen|hi=kala dammar|en=}}
<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===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===

===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|tree}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|alternate| Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules obscure; leaflets 7-11, opposite, 7-16 x 3.5-7 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, base acute or oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrulate or crenulate, glabrous above, rusty tomentose beneath, coriaceous; petioule 3-10 mm long, stout, tomentose; rachis 22-36 cm long, stout, tomentose, swollen at base; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, parallel, prominent; intercostae scalariform, prominent. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Polygamous|axillary panicles|Pale yellow|| male flowers; pedicels short; calyx tube campanulate, pubescent without, 5 mm; lobes 3, 1 mm; petals 3, oblong, concave, apiculate; disc annular, to 6 lobed, apically pilose; staminal tube to 3 mm; stamens 6, free from the disc; filaments 1 to 2 mm; anthers oblong, subequal; pistillode short; bisexual flowers: pedicles elongate; calyx urceolate, 4 mm, pubescent; lobes 3, valvate; petals 3, white, 1 cm long, oblong, pubescent without; disc obscurely lobed, pilose above; staminal tube to 3 mm; filaments 0.5 mm; anthers subequal; ovary superior, to 3.5 mm, 3-celled, ovules 1 in each cell; style 1, stout; stigma capitate, 2-3 lobed.}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|3.5 x 1.5 cm|ellipsoid, dark blue, 1-3-celled; seeds 1-3.||}}

===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|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Evergreen forest}}

==Photo Gallery==
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File:Plant Canarium strictum unripe fruits DSCN0157.jpg
File:Plant Canarium strictum tree with leaf flush DSCN0171.jpg
File:Dammar.jpg
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==References==

<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2013/04/canarium-strictum.html "Uses"]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>


</references>

==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Canarium+strictum
* https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264542820_Pharmacognostical_studies_on_stem_bark_of_Canarium_strictum_Roxb_INTRODUCTION
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[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]], [[Category:Tree]]
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