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'''Shami''' is a moderate sized throny tree with bipinnate leaves distributed from Iran to India. Within India, it is found in the dry and arid regions on the alluvial plains.
  
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==Uses==,
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{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Cysts and tumours}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis and Asthma}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}
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<ref name="Uses"/>
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}
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==Chemical Composition==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=banni mara, perumbe|ml=paramba|sa=Shami, shiva, lakshmi ,mangalya, shankhuphala, Saktuphala, |ta=parambai, Vanni, kulivam, tamali|te=Jammi, priyadarshini, chamee|hi=khejri, sami, chonkar, jhand|en=Shami tree}}
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<ref name="Common names"/>
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
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===Rasa===
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Kashaya (AStringent), Madhura (Sweet)
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===Guna===
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Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
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===Veerya===
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Sheeta (cold)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Pitta, Kapha
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===Prabhava===
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Tree}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|Leaves 1-3-jugate, glabrous or puberulous; petiole and rachis 0.5-4 cm long, the pinnae 2-7 cm long; leaflets 7-14-jugate, ovate, straight to subfalcate, without nerves (or 2-4-nerved at base, the midrib excentric), mucronate, 4-15 mm long x 2-4.5 mm broad, greyish when dry; stipules foliaceous, deciduous. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|spiciform racemes|Pale yellow|| 5-13 cm long, several together, subpaniculate; peduncle with amplexicaul bract (or 2 bracts united), this caducous and leaving an oblique scar, 1.5-2 mm long; bractlets ovate, sessile, 0.5-0.8 mm long, caducous; pedicels 0.5 mm, to 1.5 mm long when mature; flowers yellow, glabrous; calyx truncate, 0.8-1.2 mm long; corolla 3.5 mm long, glabrous, the petals rolled back in age; anthers 0.8-1 mm long; pistil
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glabrous. }}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|A Pod|8 - 9 cm long|Fruit slender, elongate, 8-19 cm long (including the stipe 0.8-2 cm), subcylindric-torulose, 4-7 mm in diameter, glabrous; pericarp thin, brittle; endocarp segments thin, longitudinal, little developed; seeds distant, longitudinal, ovate, 6 mm long, the tegument with open horse-shoe fissural line on faces, 10-15 in a pod, brown.|seeds 6-15, 8-10 x 7-9 mm, glossy, red|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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===Season to grow===
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===Soil type===
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===Propagation===
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Khejri.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>
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<ref name="Uses">https://www.ayurvitewellness.com/3499/shami-prosopis-cineraria/ "Uses"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
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</references>
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==External Links==
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* http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/prosopis-cineraria
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* http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Prosopis_cineraria.PDF
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* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Prosopis+cineraria
  
 
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Revision as of 11:20, 16 April 2019

Shami, Prosopis cineraria

Shami is a moderate sized throny tree with bipinnate leaves distributed from Iran to India. Within India, it is found in the dry and arid regions on the alluvial plains.


==Uses==, Skin diseases, Cysts and tumours, Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma, Piles, Dysentery, Diarrhea [1]

Parts Used

Bark, Fruits

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada banni mara, perumbe
Hindi khejri, sami, chonkar, jhand
Malayalam paramba
Tamil parambai, Vanni, kulivam, tamali
Telugu Jammi, priyadarshini, chamee
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Shami, shiva, lakshmi ,mangalya, shankhuphala, Saktuphala,
English Shami tree

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya (AStringent), Madhura (Sweet)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Pitta, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Bipinnate alternate Leaves 1-3-jugate, glabrous or puberulous; petiole and rachis 0.5-4 cm long, the pinnae 2-7 cm long; leaflets 7-14-jugate, ovate, straight to subfalcate, without nerves (or 2-4-nerved at base, the midrib excentric), mucronate, 4-15 mm long x 2-4.5 mm broad, greyish when dry; stipules foliaceous, deciduous.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual spiciform racemes Pale yellow 5-13 cm long, several together, subpaniculate; peduncle with amplexicaul bract (or 2 bracts united), this caducous and leaving an oblique scar, 1.5-2 mm long; bractlets ovate, sessile, 0.5-0.8 mm long, caducous; pedicels 0.5 mm, to 1.5 mm long when mature; flowers yellow, glabrous; calyx truncate, 0.8-1.2 mm long; corolla 3.5 mm long, glabrous, the petals rolled back in age; anthers 0.8-1 mm long; pistil

glabrous.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A Pod 8 - 9 cm long Fruit slender, elongate, 8-19 cm long (including the stipe 0.8-2 cm), subcylindric-torulose, 4-7 mm in diameter, glabrous; pericarp thin, brittle; endocarp segments thin, longitudinal, little developed; seeds distant, longitudinal, ovate, 6 mm long, the tegument with open horse-shoe fissural line on faces, 10-15 in a pod, brown. seeds 6-15, 8-10 x 7-9 mm, glossy, red {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Khejri.jpg

References

  1. ↑ https://www.ayurvitewellness.com/3499/shami-prosopis-cineraria/ "Uses"]
  2. ↑ "Vernacular names"
  3. ↑ PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

External Links

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