Agrimonia eupatoria - Agrimony

Agrimonia eupatoria, Agrimony

Agrimony is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as Agrimonia eupatoria, church steeples or sticklewort. The whole plant is dark green with numerous soft hairs. The soft hairs aid in the plant's seed pods sticking to any animal or person coming in contact with the plant. The flower spikes have a spicy odor like apricots. In the Language of Flowers Agrimony means thankfulness or gratitude.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Dried Folaige, whole herb.

Chemical Composition

Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Hebbalasu, Kadu halasu
Hindi	Kathal
Malayalam	Ayani, Anjili, Ayini plavu
Tamil	Kattuppala, Aiyini pala, Kurangu pala, Pei pala
Telugu	Adavi panasa
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Lakucha, Lakucah, Panasah
English	Wild Jack

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple		The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	Yellow	5-20	Flowers Season is June - August

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
		Syncarp (sorosis), subglobose or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripe	seeds many, ovoid.		{{{6}}}

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Easily grown in most soils[21][22], preferring a calcareous soil. Thrives in a dry lightly shaded position[16], though it prefers full sun. Plants usually self-sow quite freely when growing in a suitable position[19]. The seeds are contained in burrs that can easily attach themselves to clothing or animal's fur, thus transporting them to a new area where they can germinate and grow.The cultivar 'Sweet scented' is popular in France for making tea because the whole plant is sweet scented and the flowers have a spicy apricot-like fragrance

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tall grasslands, meadows, Borders of forests and fields.

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External Links

• Artocarpus hirsutus on ENVIS Centre on Conservation of Medicinal Plants
• Artocarpus hirsutus on India Biodiversity Portal
• Artocarpus: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology
• Artocarpus: A review of its phytochemistry and pharmacology
• Pharmacognostical studies on the bark of Artocarpus hirsutus Lam