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[[File:Mitragyna parvifolia (5660625891).jpg|thumb|right|''Bhumikadamba'', ''Mitragyna parvifolia'']]
'''Bhumikadamba'''is a deciduous tree growing up to 27 metres tall. The tree is harvested from the wild - it yields a valuable timber and has local medicinal uses.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Muscular pain}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kadaani, kadaani mara, kadaga, naikadaba, sannakadaba|ml=nirkadambu, sirukadambu|sa=bhumikadamba, dhulikadamba, vitanah|ta=karpakkatampu, nirkkatampu, peykkatampai|te=battaganapu, botruga, neerukadimi|hi=kadam, kaim, kalam|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===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|opposite|stipules 1 cm long, interpetiolar, ovate-oblong or obovate, foliaceous, membranous, cauducous; petiole 10-40 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-16 cm x 2.5-10 cm, variable, ovate, orbicular, elliptic or ovate-oblong, base obtuse, attenuate, acute or subcordate, apex obtuse or round; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath; intercostae scalariform, slender; domatia present. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal heads|Pale yellow|5|peduncle supported by a pair of bract like oblong leaves; bracteoles small, subulate; calyx tube short, truncate, rim even; corolla tube funnel shaped, 8 mm long, villous inside, lobes 4-5 oblong, reflexed; stamens 5, attached towards the apex of corolla tube; anthers apiculate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style filiform; stigma mitriform, hollow at base.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules|2 - 3 mm||ribbed, separating in to two cocci, brown; seeds many, small, 10-ribbed.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==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:Puuccakkatamp (Malayalam- പൂച്ചക്കടമ്പ്) (4693885906).jpg|Leaves
File:Kaim.jpg|Flowers
File:Roos Katamp (Malayalam- റോസ് കടമ്പ്) (3512483437).jpg|Flowers
File:Niirkkatamp (Malayalam- നീര്ക്കടമ്പ്) (3188009420).jpg|Capsules
File:Viimp (Malayalam- വീമ്പ്) (3393844527).jpg|Bark
File:Nirkadambu (Telugu- నిరుకడము) (869607881).jpg|Flowering branch
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://ijppr.humanjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/13.Gajendra-Pratap-Choudhary-Ashutosh-Pal-Jain.pdf 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=Mitragyna+parvifolia]
* [http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/medicinal.php?id=76]
[[Category:Herbs]]
'''Bhumikadamba'''is a deciduous tree growing up to 27 metres tall. The tree is harvested from the wild - it yields a valuable timber and has local medicinal uses.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Muscular pain}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kadaani, kadaani mara, kadaga, naikadaba, sannakadaba|ml=nirkadambu, sirukadambu|sa=bhumikadamba, dhulikadamba, vitanah|ta=karpakkatampu, nirkkatampu, peykkatampai|te=battaganapu, botruga, neerukadimi|hi=kadam, kaim, kalam|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===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|opposite|stipules 1 cm long, interpetiolar, ovate-oblong or obovate, foliaceous, membranous, cauducous; petiole 10-40 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-16 cm x 2.5-10 cm, variable, ovate, orbicular, elliptic or ovate-oblong, base obtuse, attenuate, acute or subcordate, apex obtuse or round; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath; intercostae scalariform, slender; domatia present. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal heads|Pale yellow|5|peduncle supported by a pair of bract like oblong leaves; bracteoles small, subulate; calyx tube short, truncate, rim even; corolla tube funnel shaped, 8 mm long, villous inside, lobes 4-5 oblong, reflexed; stamens 5, attached towards the apex of corolla tube; anthers apiculate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style filiform; stigma mitriform, hollow at base.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules|2 - 3 mm||ribbed, separating in to two cocci, brown; seeds many, small, 10-ribbed.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==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:Puuccakkatamp (Malayalam- പൂച്ചക്കടമ്പ്) (4693885906).jpg|Leaves
File:Kaim.jpg|Flowers
File:Roos Katamp (Malayalam- റോസ് കടമ്പ്) (3512483437).jpg|Flowers
File:Niirkkatamp (Malayalam- നീര്ക്കടമ്പ്) (3188009420).jpg|Capsules
File:Viimp (Malayalam- വീമ്പ്) (3393844527).jpg|Bark
File:Nirkadambu (Telugu- నిరుకడము) (869607881).jpg|Flowering branch
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://ijppr.humanjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/13.Gajendra-Pratap-Choudhary-Ashutosh-Pal-Jain.pdf 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=Mitragyna+parvifolia]
* [http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/medicinal.php?id=76]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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