42,772
edits
Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Changes
no edit summary
{{stub}}
[[File:Madhuca indica (Mahua) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0067.jpg|thumb|right|''Indian butter tree'']]
'''Butter tree''' is a deciduous tree with a large, spreading, rounded crown that can grow 16 metres or more tall.A multipurpose tree that is very important to the local economy, supplying a range of foods, medicines and other commodities.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Bleeding gums}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Flower}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
It consists of Glycosides, flavonoids, terpenes and saponins. The pharmacological studies proved that it possess wide range of biological activities such as antiulcer, antiinflammatory, antioxidant and antidiabetic activities.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa= |en= |gu= |hi= |kn= |ks= |ml= |mr= |pa= |ta= |te=}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the subtropics to the hot tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1200metres. Able to resist some frost, it grows in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 2 - 46°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Deciduous forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Dry sal plain forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Cultivated fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Gulu (Hindi- गुलू ) (3558304005).jpg
Ilippa (Malayalam- ഇലിപ്പ) (3393850707).jpg
Ippe (Kannada- ಇಪ್ಪೆ) (2463481357).jpg
Ippe (Kannada- ಇಪ್ಪೆ) (2463481357).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2018;volume=11;issue=1;spage=9;epage=14;aulast=Jha "chemical constituents"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Madhuca+longifolia "ಣಹತೂಗನೋೂಗದಲ"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/phytochemistry-ethnomedical-uses-and-future-prospects-of-mahua-madhuca-longifolia-as-a-food-a-review-2155-9600-1000573.php?aid=84604&view=mobile ]
* [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hlca.200490109 ]
* [ ]
[[Category:Herbs]]
