Crateva religiosa - Varuna

Varuna, Crateva religiosa

Varuna, Crateva religiosa is a small spreading tree with trifoliate leaves that emit a pungent smell when bruised. This herb is in use since the time of the Vedas.

Uses

Improves digestion strength, Cardiac disorders, Paralysis, Blood disorders, Kidney stones, Headache ,Migraine.

Parts Used

Root, Leaves, Stem, Flowers

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	bilapatri, hoddelenage, holenekki, mavalanga, mavilinga, narave, narumbala, narumbele, neervaala mara
Hindi	barna, vaivarno
Malayalam	killi, neervala, niramathalam, niravila, nirmatalam
Tamil	Adhicharam, adhimalam, narvala, mavilankai, mavilankam, mavilanku
Telugu	chinnaulimidi, magalingamu, maaredu, mogalingam
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	tikta-shaka, varuna, kumaraka, marutapaha
English	Sacred Barna, Garlic pear tree

Properties

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

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Vata and Kapha

Habit

Medium sized tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Trifoliate	alternate	Leaves alternate, digitately trifoliate; rachis 4-12 cm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; petiolule 4-7 mm long, slender; leaflets 10-20 x 3.5-6 cm, unequal, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or broadly elliptic, base acute, or subacute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-15 pairs, slender, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Terminal corymbs	White-yellow	many	pedicel to 5 cm long. Sepals 4, 3 mm long, free, oblong, adnate to the lobed disc. Petals 4, ca. 2 cm long, creamy white, often tinged with purple, long-clawed, obovate. Disc incurved, nectariferous. Stamens many, free, longer than the petals, inserted at the base of gynophore; anthers basifixed, filaments spreading. Gynophore 4-5 cm long at anthesis, slender; ovary superior, ellipsoid, 1-[2]-celled, ovules many; stigma sessile, capitate.Flowering and fruiting is from March to May

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A berry	4-5 x 2.5-3.5 cm	Fruit globose or ovoid, yellowish-grey, rind woody, scurfy	seeds brown, embedded in pulp.		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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