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===Other features===
 
===Other features===

Latest revision as of 15:57, 25 May 2021

Shami, Prosopis cineraria

Prosopis cineraria is a moderate sized throny tree with bipinnate leaves distributed from Iran to India. Within India, it is found in the dry and arid regions on the alluvial plains.

Uses

Skin diseases, Cysts, Tumours, Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, Piles, Dysentery, Diarrhea.[1]

Parts Used

Bark, Fruits

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Banni mara, Perumbe
Hindi Khejri, Sami
Malayalam Paramba
Tamil Parambai, Vanni
Telugu Jammi, Priyadarshini
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Shami
English Shami tree

[2]

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya (AStringent), Madhura (Sweet)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Pitta, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Bipinnate Alternate Leaves 1-3-jugate, glabrous or puberulous; petiole and rachis 0.5-4 cm long, the pinnae 2-7 cm long; leaflets 7-14-jugate, ovate, straight to subfalcate.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Spiciform racemes Pale yellow 5-13 cm long, several together, subpaniculate; peduncle with amplexicaul bract (or 2 bracts united), this caducous and leaving an oblique scar, 1.5-2 mm long; bractlets ovate, sessile, 0.5-0.8 mm long. Flowering season is March-May

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A Pod 8 - 9 cm long Fruit slender, elongate, 8-19 cm long (including the stipe 0.8-2 cm), subcylindric-torulose, 4-7 mm in diameter, glabrous; pericarp thin, brittle. Fruiting season is March-May

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

Propagation material is seeds collected during May-June from plus trees.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Khejri.jpg

  • Leaves

  • Flowers

  • Pods

  • Pods

  • Flowers

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Vernacular names
  3. ↑ Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 318
  4. ↑ Cultivation details

External Links

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