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Crotalaria juncea is an erect, laxly branched annual plant growing 1 - 3 metres tall with a strong and deep tap-root system. The plant has been cultivated since prehistoric times, especially in India, for its fibre. It is one of the earliest of the distinctly named fibres of India, being mentioned in early Sanskrit under the name of 'sana'. It is widely grown in many areas of the tropics and subtropics, including Africa, Asia and Australasia, as a green manure crop and for its fibre
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'''Crotalaria juncea''' is an erect, laxly branched annual plant. It grows upto 1 - 3 metres tall. The plant has been cultivated since prehistoric times, especially in India, for its fibre. It is widely grown in many areas of the tropics and subtropics, including Africa, Asia and Australasia, as a green manure crop and for its fibre
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==Uses==
 
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{{Uses|Impetigo}}, {{Uses|Psoriasis}}.
  
 
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{{Common names|sa=|en=Brown hemp, False hemp|gu=Shan, Shaniyu|hi=Patsan, San|kn=ಸೆಣಬು Senabu|ks=|ml=Chanam, Kilukiluppa|mr=Dhakti ghagari|pa=San, Sanni|ta=Canal, Catampu|te=Gilaka-chettu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
  
 
==Properties==
 
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{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Leaves 3-8 x 0.5-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, base usually acute, apex obtuse to subacute, apiculate, clothed on both sides with appressed hairs; petiole to 3 mm long; stipules minute.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal raceme|Yellow||many-flowered, 15-30 cm long. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm long; pedicels c. 5 mm long; bracts 3-4 mm long, lanceolate; bracteoles linear. Calyx c. 1.8 cm long, fulvous hairy, teeth linear-lanceolate. Petals 1.5-2 cm long; standard c. 2 cm long and broad, ovate, veined red, silky without; wings shorter than keel and standard.}}
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal raceme|Yellow||Many-flowered, 15-30 cm long. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm long; pedicels c. 5 mm long.}}
  
 
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{{Fruit|Pod|2.5-3x 1-1.3 cm||Oblong-cylindrical, fulvous silky hairy|Seeds 8-15, c. 4 mm long, obliquely-cordiform.|}}
  
 
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Sunn hemp is often cultivated in the dry to moist tropics and subtropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 4 - 40°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
  
 
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{{Commonly seen|Sparse forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Along trails}}.
  
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf"chemistry"]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemistry]</ref>
  
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229377 "morphology"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229377 Morphology]</ref>
  
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c/crotalaria-juncea Common names]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ Cultivation]</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 13:19, 19 June 2020

Sun hemp

Crotalaria juncea is an erect, laxly branched annual plant. It grows upto 1 - 3 metres tall. The plant has been cultivated since prehistoric times, especially in India, for its fibre. It is widely grown in many areas of the tropics and subtropics, including Africa, Asia and Australasia, as a green manure crop and for its fibre

Uses

Impetigo, Psoriasis.

Parts Used

[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]].

Chemical Composition

Seeds—hepatotoxic. Seed oil gave fatty acids—linoleic, linolenic and oleic. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids—junceine, tricodesmine, riddelline, seneciphylline and senecionine were also obtained.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಸೆಣಬು Senabu
Hindi Patsan, San
Malayalam Chanam, Kilukiluppa
Tamil Canal, Catampu
Telugu Gilaka-chettu
Marathi Dhakti ghagari
Gujarathi Shan, Shaniyu
Punjabi San, Sanni
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Brown hemp, False hemp

[2]

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

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves 3-8 x 0.5-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal raceme Yellow Many-flowered, 15-30 cm long. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm long; pedicels c. 5 mm long.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Pod 2.5-3x 1-1.3 cm Oblong-cylindrical, fulvous silky hairy Seeds 8-15, c. 4 mm long, obliquely-cordiform.

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

Sunn hemp is often cultivated in the dry to moist tropics and subtropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 4 - 40°c.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Sparse forests, Along trails.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Pods

  • Seeds

  • Flower

  • Habit

References

  1. ↑ Chemistry
  2. ↑ Common names
  3. ↑ Morphology
  4. ↑ [ Cultivation]

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