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[[File:Cycas circinalis queen sago palm (fabooj).jpg|thumb|right|''Hintala'', ''Cycas circinalis'']]
'''Hintala'''belongs to an ancient group of plants, the cycads. It is a graceful palm like plant with tough pinnate leaves and rough bark. Cycas circinalis is uncommon in India and can be found in dry as well as well as wet forests in peninsular India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=goddeechalu, mundichalu|ml=eenthakay, entha, ichal, indalapana, toddapana|sa=hintalah|ta=intapanai, kama, kama-maram, madana-kamampu|te=dzavvubiyyamu, kamakshi, madana kamakshi, madana mastu, varugudu|hi=jangli-madan-must-ka-phul|en=Sago palm, cycad}}
<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===
Madhura (Sweet). Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Palm-like}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|pinnate|Crowded at top of stem|The leaves are bright green, semiglossy, 150-250 cm long, flat (not keeled) in
section (opposing leaflets inserted at 180° on rachis), with 170 leaflets, tomentum shedding as
leaf expands}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Male and female on separate individuals|Yellow-brown|| Male Sago plants develop a cone approximately 30 cm tall coming from the center of the top. The cone is white or yellow, rounded and produces abundant pollen. The female inflorescence is displayed on the feather-like seed-bearing leaves. Microsporophylls densely aggregated to form large terminal cones. Megasporophylls loosely arranged, crowded round the apex of stem; ovules 1-5 on either side of sporophyll. Seeds globose. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|||Globose| The seeds have a spongy layer that allows them to float on water. As a slow growing plant, the seed can take from 6–18 months to germinate|}}
===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}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Cycas circinalis 001.JPG
File:Cycas circinalis male cone in Olomouc.jpg
File:Cycas circinalis female sporophyls with one seed plus unfertilized eggs in Prague.jpg
File:Cycas circinalis03.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/cycas-circinalis.html"Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.nbrienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Cycas%20circinalis.pdf "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=Cycas+circinalis
* http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/cycas-circinalis=sago-palm.php
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
'''Hintala'''belongs to an ancient group of plants, the cycads. It is a graceful palm like plant with tough pinnate leaves and rough bark. Cycas circinalis is uncommon in India and can be found in dry as well as well as wet forests in peninsular India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=goddeechalu, mundichalu|ml=eenthakay, entha, ichal, indalapana, toddapana|sa=hintalah|ta=intapanai, kama, kama-maram, madana-kamampu|te=dzavvubiyyamu, kamakshi, madana kamakshi, madana mastu, varugudu|hi=jangli-madan-must-ka-phul|en=Sago palm, cycad}}
<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===
Madhura (Sweet). Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Palm-like}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|pinnate|Crowded at top of stem|The leaves are bright green, semiglossy, 150-250 cm long, flat (not keeled) in
section (opposing leaflets inserted at 180° on rachis), with 170 leaflets, tomentum shedding as
leaf expands}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Male and female on separate individuals|Yellow-brown|| Male Sago plants develop a cone approximately 30 cm tall coming from the center of the top. The cone is white or yellow, rounded and produces abundant pollen. The female inflorescence is displayed on the feather-like seed-bearing leaves. Microsporophylls densely aggregated to form large terminal cones. Megasporophylls loosely arranged, crowded round the apex of stem; ovules 1-5 on either side of sporophyll. Seeds globose. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|||Globose| The seeds have a spongy layer that allows them to float on water. As a slow growing plant, the seed can take from 6–18 months to germinate|}}
===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}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Cycas circinalis 001.JPG
File:Cycas circinalis male cone in Olomouc.jpg
File:Cycas circinalis female sporophyls with one seed plus unfertilized eggs in Prague.jpg
File:Cycas circinalis03.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/cycas-circinalis.html"Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.nbrienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Cycas%20circinalis.pdf "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=Cycas+circinalis
* http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/cycas-circinalis=sago-palm.php
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
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