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'''Vishamushti''' is a coarse annual plant with an erect stem and a strong, unpleasant smell. It can grow up to about 1 metre tall. It is a common weed of the tropical zone. It is also sometimes grown as an ornamental plant and is commonly used as a traditional medicine.
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'''Ksharaka''' is a fast-growing deciduous tree with a spreading crown of light, feathery foliage. The tree is widely cultivated in the tropics for a wide range of uses. A very ornamental plant with fragrant, creamy flowers, it is often grown as a specimen and as a street tree.
  
[[File:Ageratum conyzoides 1.jpg|thumb|right|''Vishamushti'', ''Ageratum conyzoides'']]
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[[File:Starr-090721-3302-Adenanthera pavonina-seeds in pod-Old Ka Lima nursery Wailuku-Maui (24675043000).jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Ksharaka'']]
  
'''Chemical Composition''':The leaf is reported to contain stigmasterol (59.9%) and beta-sitosterol (26.7%) as major component of sterol faction. The dried flowering plant contains the pyrrolizidine alkaloids, lycopsamine and echinatine.
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'''Chemical Composition''': The seed contains an anti-inflammatory active principle, O-acetylethanolamine. The leaves contain octacosanol, dulcitol, glucosides of betasitosterol and stigmasterol. The bark contains sitgmasterol glucoside.
  
  
 
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<span style="width: 100%; background-color: #90EE90; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; text-align: right; clear: right; margin-left: 0;">[[Adenanthera pavonina - Ksharaka|Read more]]</span>
 
 
<span style="width: 100%; background-color: #90EE90; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; text-align: right; clear: right; margin-left: 0;">[[Ageratum conyzoides - Vishamushti|Read more]]</span>
 

Latest revision as of 15:15, 28 March 2022

Ksharaka is a fast-growing deciduous tree with a spreading crown of light, feathery foliage. The tree is widely cultivated in the tropics for a wide range of uses. A very ornamental plant with fragrant, creamy flowers, it is often grown as a specimen and as a street tree.

Ksharaka

Chemical Composition: The seed contains an anti-inflammatory active principle, O-acetylethanolamine. The leaves contain octacosanol, dulcitol, glucosides of betasitosterol and stigmasterol. The bark contains sitgmasterol glucoside.


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