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'''Anagallis arvensis''' is a delicate herb with small brightly coloured flowers that often grows wild in fields, meadows, pastures etc. | '''Anagallis arvensis''' is a delicate herb with small brightly coloured flowers that often grows wild in fields, meadows, pastures etc. | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
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==Parts Used== | ==Parts Used== | ||
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==How to plant/cultivate== | ==How to plant/cultivate== | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 20 December 2019
Anagallis arvensis is a delicate herb with small brightly coloured flowers that often grows wild in fields, meadows, pastures etc.
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
Epilepsy, Mental problems, Dropsy, Skin infections, Liver disorder, Gall bladder.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | |
| Gujarathi | |
| Punjabi | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | |
| English |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Opposite | Leaves are opposite, rarely in a whorl of three, sessile to clasping at base, ovate to oval, 5 to 25mm long. The margins are entire, obtuse to somewhat acute at tip, the base is cordate. Both leaf surfaces are glabrous, and the bottom is dotted with black glands. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Solitary, axillary | Blue-Pink | 5 | On thin peduncles of 1 to 5cm long, erect in flower, curved down on fruit. The calyx is persistent, with 5 lanceolate, acuminate lobes 3 to 5mm long. The corolla is deeply five-parted, 8 to 14mm across, a little shorter than the calyx; glandular hairs (terminal cell enlarged, globose) on the margins. Flowers have different colours, usually salmon, pink, red or blue; blue flowers are most common and white ones rare. Stamens five, attached to base of corolla, clothed with numerous purple-fringed (villous) filaments. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule | 3 to 5mm across | Membranous globose capsule, the top falling off as a lid | Seed 1mm long, three-angled, brown, covered with tiny scales. |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Anagallis arvensis is a very adaptable plant and has spread as a weed throughout much of the temperate zone and into the subtropics.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Roadsides, Cultivated land, Preferring rather sandy soils.
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ ["chemistry"]
- ↑ "morphology"
- ↑ [ "Cultivation"]
External Links
- [ ]
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Categories:
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Epilepsy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Mental problems
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Dropsy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin infections
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Liver disorder
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Gall bladder
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Habit - Annual
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Roadsides
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Cultivated land
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Preferring rather sandy soils
- Herbs
- Primulaceae
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