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Shirisha is a beautiful large deciduous tree found throught India and up to 900m in the Himalayas. The greenish-yellow flowers appear in abundance during the summer filling the air with a rich aroma.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Inflammation, Herpes, Skin diseases, Cold and cough, Gastric, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Kannada | baage, baage mara, kallu baage |
Hindi | siris, siras |
Malayalam | chelinge, kattuvaka, nenmani, nenmeni |
Tamil | vaagai, vellaivenkai, kattuvakai |
Telugu | baagichettu, billa, billa vaara, dirisana, dirisanamu, sirasamu |
Marathi | NA |
Gujarathi | NA |
Punjabi | NA |
Kashmiri | NA |
Sanskrit | Shirisha, krishnashirisha, mridupushpa, shukapushpa, vishanashana |
English | Siris |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Kashaya (Astringent), Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet)
Guna
Tikta (Bitter), Rooksha (Dry), Teeksha(Piercing)
Veerya
Ishat Ushna (Slightly hot)
Vipaka
Katu (Pungent)
Karma
Kapha, Pitta, Vata
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
Kind | Shape | Feature |
---|---|---|
Bipinnate | Alternate | pinnae 2-4 pairs, 5.5-12 cm long, slender, glabrous, opposite, even pinnate, leaflets 8-20, opposite, even pinnate, petiolule to 1 mm long, a gland in between each leaflets, 2.7-5 x 1-2.5 cm, obliquely oblong, base of one half cuneate, other round, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous above and slightly pubescent beneath, coriaceous; midrib towards distal margin,stipulate; stipules small, free, lateral, cauducous; rachis 7-9 cm long, slender, grooved above, with a gland at its base, glabrous, pulvinate; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate. |
Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|
bisexual | 3.5-3.7 cm long | Greenish-white | Many | solitary or 2-4 together in axillary corymbose racemes; peduncle 6-8 cm; bracts linear, cauducous; pedicels to 3 mm. Calyx tube funnel-shaped pubescent, 3-4.5×1.5-3 mm, teeth triangular. Petals united infundibuliform 7-10 mm long, greenish, lobes 5, lanceolate, pubescent without. Stamens many, filament tube shorter than corolla tube, filaments long exserted, green or pink; anthers very small. Ovary subsessile, glabrous, style 2.5 cm, filiform; stigma minute. |
Fruit
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A pod | 20-30 x 4-5 cm | flat, oblong, compressed, straw coloured, base and apex obtuse, turgid above the seeded region | seeds 8-12, 6-10 x 5-8 mm, ovate, dull dark brown, flattened. | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Can be easily grown from seed.
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ "Vernacular names"
- ↑ [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]
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External Links
- Pages with reference errors
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Inflammation
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Herpes
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin diseases
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cold and cough
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Gastric
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Blotches
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Pimples
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diarrhea
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Sore throats
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Roots used in medicine
- Herbs with Seeds used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Tree
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Road sides
- Herbs
- Tree