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Multivitamin Plant

Sauropus androgynus is a botanical name of Multivitamin Plant. Malaysia is the home town of Katuk. Katuk has very useful plant which is used in food and it contains many health benifitory factors. Hence it is called as Multivitamin Plant.

Uses

coughs, lungs problems, fever, urinary problems, relieve congestion, eye infections, erythema, measles , dysuria

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Adenosine,deoxy, methylsulphinyl‐adenosine, and uridine, two flavonol dioside, β‐D‐glucosyl, Rhamnosyl‐kaempferol, glucosyl, glucosyl‐kaempferol, and one rare flavonol trioside, glucosyl, glucosyl, rhamno‐syl‐kaempferol^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Vitamin Plant

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

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Ovate	Foliar Apex is Acuminate and Foliar Base is Cuneate

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Flower

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

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	7–10 mm	Mature Fruit Colour(s) is Purple, Red, White	Dehiscent Dry Fruit		{{{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

Seed - borne in abundance on the plants, they germinate readily. Cuttings - they strike readily. Somewhat woody shoots, 20 - 30cm long are used ^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Gardens, Cultivated.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "chemical constituents"

[Leaf-2] "plant morphology"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation details"

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	'''Sauropus androgynus''' is a botanical name of Multivitamin Plant. Malaysia is the home town of Katuk. Katuk has very useful plant which is used in food and it contains many health benifitory factors. Hence it is called as Multivitamin Plant.		'''Sauropus androgynus''' is a botanical name of Multivitamin Plant. Malaysia is the home town of Katuk. Katuk has very useful plant which is used in food and it contains many health benifitory factors. Hence it is called as Multivitamin Plant.