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[[File:Ammannia baccifera (2912043658).jpg|thumb|right|''Agnigarba'', ''Ammannia baccifera'']]
 
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'''Ammannia baccifera''' is an erect, many-branched, annual herb usually growing 10 - 50cm tall. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
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'''Ammannia baccifera''' is many-branched, annual herb. Usually grows upto 10 - 50cm tall. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
 
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Swellings}}, {{Uses|Ringworms}}, {{Uses|Swellings}}, {{Uses|Ringworms}}, {{Uses|Parasitic skin infection}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Eliminate blood clots}}.
 
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Swellings}}, {{Uses|Ringworms}}, {{Uses|Swellings}}, {{Uses|Ringworms}}, {{Uses|Parasitic skin infection}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Eliminate blood clots}}.
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===Dravya===
 
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
 
===Rasa===
 
  
 
===Guna===
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|stem 4-angled or more or less winged. Leaves decussate, sessile, 2-6 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear to elliptic, base attenuate, apex acute, chartaceous. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Stem 4-angled or more or less winged. Leaves decussate, sessile, 2-6 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear to elliptic, base attenuate, apex acute, chartaceous. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
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===Fruit===
 
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{{Fruit|Capsule|1.5-2 mm across||globose, exceeding calyx tube|Seeds brownish, concavo-convex.|}}
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{{Fruit|Capsule|1.5-2 mm across||Globose, exceeding calyx tube|Seeds brownish, concavo-convex|}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===

Revision as of 16:30, 18 March 2020

Agnigarba, Ammannia baccifera

Ammannia baccifera is many-branched, annual herb. Usually grows upto 10 - 50cm tall. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Skin diseases, Wounds, Swellings, Ringworms, Swellings, Ringworms, Parasitic skin infection, Fevers, Malaria, Jaundice, Eliminate blood clots.

Parts Used

Young leaves.

Chemical Composition

[1]

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

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite Stem 4-angled or more or less winged. Leaves decussate, sessile, 2-6 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear to elliptic, base attenuate, apex acute, chartaceous.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Axillary cymes 4 Cymes dischasial, axillary. Flowers 4 or 5-merous, perigynous; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Calyx tube 1-2 mm long, campanulate; lobes 4, 1-1.5 mm long, triangular. Petals absent. Stamens 4; filaments c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary c. 1 mm in diam., globose, 4-5-locular; ovules many; stigma capitate.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule 1.5-2 mm across Globose, exceeding calyx tube Seeds brownish, concavo-convex

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

The plant is often found as a weed of cultivated land, especially wet sites such as rice fields.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Open, Damp, Waste places, Rice fields.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ["chemistry"]
  2. "morphology"
  3. [ "Cultivation"]

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