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[[File:Schleic oleos 080320-5971 rgn.JPG|thumb|right|''Kosamra'', ''Schleichera oleosa'']]
'''Kosamra''' is a rather slow-growing, briefly deciduous tree that can reach a height of 40 metres. The bole, which is usually crooked and slightly buttressed, can be up to 2 metres in diameter, but is usually less. A multipurpose tree, supplying food, medicine and a range of commodities for local use. It is occasionally cultivated throughout the tropics, especially in India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=chagate, chendaala, kaakuta, kendaale|ml=poovam, nidhavanji, puvatti|sa=ghanaskanda, kosamra, ksudramra, laksavrksa, mukulakah, raktamrah|ta=arakku, calakkam, cottilai, kancivaticcanpumaram, puvam|te=botanga, busi, kodalipulusu, maavithavitiki, madakapusu, sagadipusuku, pullakaya|hi=kausum, kosumb, kusum|en=ceylon oak, kussum oil}}
<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===
Amla (Sour)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|alternate|paripinnate, alternate, exstipulate; leaflets 4-6, opposite or subopposite, 5-15 x 1.8-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, ovate or obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base oblique or rarely obtuse, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; rachis 5.5-11.5 cm, stout, glabrous, swollen at base; lateral nerves 10-23, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|axillary spicate panicles|Pale yellow|7-8|Flowers polygamodioecious, 5-6 mm across, greenish-yellow, in axillary spicate panicles. Male flowers: calyx lobes 5, valvate or obscurely imbricate; petals 0; disc complete, with the disc; stamens 7 or 8, free, inserted within the disc; filaments 1.5 mm, pilose; anthers oblong; pistillode small. Bisexual flowers: ovary 2 mm, superior, 3-celled, ovule 1 in each cell; style rigid, terete; stigma 2 or 3 lobed.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|16-18 mm across|subcrustaceous, pointed, often echinate with stout rather blunt prickles, testa smooth, brown.||seed 1 or 2, enclosed in a pulpy aril which has a pleasant acid taste}}
===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|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Schleichera oleosa young leaves.JPG|Young leaves
File:Schleichera oleosa - Kusum Tree leaves at Thattakkadu (10).jpg|Young leaves
File:Schleichera oleosa - Kusum Tree fruits at Peravoor 2014 (9).jpg|Leaves
File:Schleichera oleosa 04.JPG|Flowers
File:Schleichera oleosa (3361633391).jpg|Flowers
File:Schleichera oleosa fruits at Peravoor (3).jpg|Fruits
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/08/13/ceylon-oak-koshamra-schleichera-oleosa/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic 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=Schleichera+oleosa]
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27544002]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Tree]]
'''Kosamra''' is a rather slow-growing, briefly deciduous tree that can reach a height of 40 metres. The bole, which is usually crooked and slightly buttressed, can be up to 2 metres in diameter, but is usually less. A multipurpose tree, supplying food, medicine and a range of commodities for local use. It is occasionally cultivated throughout the tropics, especially in India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=chagate, chendaala, kaakuta, kendaale|ml=poovam, nidhavanji, puvatti|sa=ghanaskanda, kosamra, ksudramra, laksavrksa, mukulakah, raktamrah|ta=arakku, calakkam, cottilai, kancivaticcanpumaram, puvam|te=botanga, busi, kodalipulusu, maavithavitiki, madakapusu, sagadipusuku, pullakaya|hi=kausum, kosumb, kusum|en=ceylon oak, kussum oil}}
<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===
Amla (Sour)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|alternate|paripinnate, alternate, exstipulate; leaflets 4-6, opposite or subopposite, 5-15 x 1.8-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, ovate or obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base oblique or rarely obtuse, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; rachis 5.5-11.5 cm, stout, glabrous, swollen at base; lateral nerves 10-23, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|axillary spicate panicles|Pale yellow|7-8|Flowers polygamodioecious, 5-6 mm across, greenish-yellow, in axillary spicate panicles. Male flowers: calyx lobes 5, valvate or obscurely imbricate; petals 0; disc complete, with the disc; stamens 7 or 8, free, inserted within the disc; filaments 1.5 mm, pilose; anthers oblong; pistillode small. Bisexual flowers: ovary 2 mm, superior, 3-celled, ovule 1 in each cell; style rigid, terete; stigma 2 or 3 lobed.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|16-18 mm across|subcrustaceous, pointed, often echinate with stout rather blunt prickles, testa smooth, brown.||seed 1 or 2, enclosed in a pulpy aril which has a pleasant acid taste}}
===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|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Schleichera oleosa young leaves.JPG|Young leaves
File:Schleichera oleosa - Kusum Tree leaves at Thattakkadu (10).jpg|Young leaves
File:Schleichera oleosa - Kusum Tree fruits at Peravoor 2014 (9).jpg|Leaves
File:Schleichera oleosa 04.JPG|Flowers
File:Schleichera oleosa (3361633391).jpg|Flowers
File:Schleichera oleosa fruits at Peravoor (3).jpg|Fruits
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/08/13/ceylon-oak-koshamra-schleichera-oleosa/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic 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=Schleichera+oleosa]
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27544002]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Tree]]
