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Wrightia tomentosa

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Wrightia arborea is a deciduous tree with a rounded crown; it can grow up to 20 metres tall. The bole can be up to 35cm in diameter; it is unbuttressed. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and as a source of wood and dyes. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in Africa.

Uses

Snake bites, Scorpion stings, Renal complaints[1]

Parts Used

Bark, Roots.

Chemical Composition

It contains Four uncommon sterols, desmosterol, clerosterol, 24-methylene-25-methylcholesterol, and 24-dehydropollinastanol, were isolated and identified in addition to several more common phytosterols etc.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Daira
Malayalam Ayyappaala
Tamil Vet-palai
Telugu Adaviankudu
Marathi Pandu kuda
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Kutaja
English Woolly Dyeing Rosebay

[3]

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

Deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,300 metres.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Deciduous forest, Thickets, Often along streams, Rocky soils.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. Common names
  4. [Morphology]
  5. Cultivation

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