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[[File:Zanthoxylum rhetsa 6647.jpg|thumb|right|''Asvaghra'', ''Zanthoxylum rhetsa'']]
 
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'''Asvaghra''' is a moderate sized deciduous tree with pinnate leaves found in evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The leaves and trunk are prickly. It is a tree in the lemon family.
 
'''Asvaghra''' is a moderate sized deciduous tree with pinnate leaves found in evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The leaves and trunk are prickly. It is a tree in the lemon family.
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==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Cardiac ailments}}, {{Uses|Hemarrhoids}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}
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{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Cardiac ailments}}, {{Uses|Hemarrhoids}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}<Ref name="Uses"/>
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==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
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==Chemical Composition==
 
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The chemical composition of the volatile oil of Zanthoxylum rhetsa seed coat was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-four compounds, accounting for 87.4% of the oil were identifed. The major compounds were terpinen-4-ol (32.1%), α-terpineol (8.2%), sabinene (8.1%), β-phellandrene (7.4%) and 2-undecanone (7.1%).<Ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=arempala, juminam, kadumenasu, aramadala, kavate|ml=Mullilam, Mulliyllam, Karimurikku, Kattumurikku|sa=tejovati, tejasvini, ashvaghra, laghuvalkala|ta=karuncurai, kattumurukku, mullilam, iraccai|te=rhetsa-man, morapu, raccamanu, racha, rachamam, rachchamanu,|hi=pepuli, badrang, budrung, jaladhari|en=Indian prickly ash-tree}} <ref name="Common names"/>
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{{Common names|kn=Arempala, Juminam|ml=Mullilam, Mulliyllam|sa=Tejovati, Tejasvini|ta=Karuncurai, Kattumurukku|te=Rhetsa-man, Morapu|hi=Pepuli, Badrang|en=Indian prickly ash-tree}}<ref name="Common names"/>
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|bark 15-20 mm thick, brown, mottled with white, armed with conical prickles; outer bark dead, corky, pale yellow, inner bark sulphur yellow; branchlets woody, terete, sparsely prickly.Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets, estipulate; leaflets 13-23, opposite or subopposite, 6-19 x 3-6.5 cm, oblong, elliptic-oblong, oblong-ovate, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, base oblique, margin entire or crenate, glabrous, punctate, coriaceous; petiolule 1-5 mm long;rachis 30-45 cm long slightly grooved above when young, becoming cylindric on maturity, usually prickly, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-12 pairs, slender, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, faint.  }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|Bark 15-20 mm thick, brown, mottled with white, armed with conical prickles; outer bark dead, corky, pale yellow, inner bark sulphur yellow; branchlets woody, terete, sparsely prickly.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual, Terminal cymose panicles|2-3mm across|greenish-yellow|4|male flowers: sepals 4, ovate-triangular, fimbriate along margin, green; petals 4, free, elliptic-oblong, white or creamy yellow, valvate; stamens 4, anthers oblong, yellow; disc lobulate; pistillodes solitary; female flowers: sepals & petals as in male flowers; staminodes absent; disc pulvinate; ovary superior, 4-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style eccentric; stigma truncate. }}
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{{Flower|Unisexual, Terminal cymose panicles|2-3mm across|Greenish-yellow|4|Male flowers}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Capsule|||capsule, of 1-4 cocci, purplish, tubercled, aromatic|seeds globose, smooth, blue-black|Seeds used as a spice}}
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{{Fruit|Capsule|||Capsule, of 1-4 cocci, purplish, tubercled, aromatic|Seeds globose, smooth, blue-black|Seeds used as a spice}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
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==How to plant/cultivate==
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
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Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe. Stored seed may requires up to 3 months cold stratification, though scarification may also help. Germination should take place within 6 months, though it might take another 12 months.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
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File:Zanthoxylum rhetsa 6683.jpg|Fruits
 
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<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"</ref>
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<ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2013/05/zanthoxylum-rhetsa.html/ "Uses"]</ref>
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<ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2013/05/zanthoxylum-rhetsa.html/ Uses]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
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<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Zanthoxylum+rhetsa Cultivation details]</ref>
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<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2010.9700364#:~:text=The%20chemical%20composition%20of%20the,2%2Dundecanone%20(7.1%25). Chemical Composition]</ref>
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Zanthoxylum+rhetsa]
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* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Zanthoxylum+rhetsa Zanthoxylum rhetsa on the ferns.info]
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* [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/folk-use-and-antioxidant-potential-determination-of-zanthoxylum-rhetsa-dc-shoot-a-highly-utilized-hot-spice-folk-vegetable-of-arunachal-pradesh-india/?view=fulltext]
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* [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/folk-use-and-antioxidant-potential-determination-of-zanthoxylum-rhetsa-dc-shoot-a-highly-utilized-hot-spice-folk-vegetable-of-arunachal-pradesh-india/?view=fulltext Zanthoxylum rhetsa on Ijpsr.com]
  
 
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[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
 
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]

Latest revision as of 13:51, 9 September 2020

Asvaghra, Zanthoxylum rhetsa

Asvaghra is a moderate sized deciduous tree with pinnate leaves found in evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The leaves and trunk are prickly. It is a tree in the lemon family.

Uses

Asthma, bronchitis, Cardiac ailments, Hemarrhoids, Arthritis, Ulcers[1]

Parts Used

Seeds

Chemical Composition

The chemical composition of the volatile oil of Zanthoxylum rhetsa seed coat was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-four compounds, accounting for 87.4% of the oil were identifed. The major compounds were terpinen-4-ol (32.1%), α-terpineol (8.2%), sabinene (8.1%), β-phellandrene (7.4%) and 2-undecanone (7.1%).[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Arempala, Juminam
Hindi Pepuli, Badrang
Malayalam Mullilam, Mulliyllam
Tamil Karuncurai, Kattumurukku
Telugu Rhetsa-man, Morapu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Tejovati, Tejasvini
English Indian prickly ash-tree

[3]

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter) Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry) Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Pinnate Alternate Bark 15-20 mm thick, brown, mottled with white, armed with conical prickles; outer bark dead, corky, pale yellow, inner bark sulphur yellow; branchlets woody, terete, sparsely prickly.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual, Terminal cymose panicles 2-3mm across Greenish-yellow 4 Male flowers

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule Capsule, of 1-4 cocci, purplish, tubercled, aromatic Seeds globose, smooth, blue-black Seeds used as a spice

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe. Stored seed may requires up to 3 months cold stratification, though scarification may also help. Germination should take place within 6 months, though it might take another 12 months.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Evergreen forest, Moist deciduous forest.

Photo Gallery

  • Bark

  • Leaves

  • Fruits

  • Habit

  • Seeds

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Chemical Composition
  3. ↑ Vernacular names
  4. ↑ FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"
  5. ↑ Cultivation details

External Links

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