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Borassus flabellifer - Talah

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Identification
[[File:Borassus flabellifer fruit on the tree.JPG|thumb|right|''Talah'', ''Borassus flabellifer'']]
'''Talah''' is a tall palm tree with fan shaped leaves found abundantly all along the Eastern Coast of India. The fruits are valued for their sweet jelly like pulp and inflorescence stalks which yield delicious neera.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Liver diseases}}, {{Uses|Spleen diseases}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|General debility}}, {{Uses|Acidity}}, {{Uses|DiarrheaDiarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Cough and cold}}, {{Uses|Cold}}, {{Uses|Urine infection}}, {{Uses|Swelling}}, {{Uses|Mental disorder}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}.<ref name="Uses"/><ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|FlowerRoot}}, {{Parts Used|Leaf}}, {{Parts Used|RootsFruit}}, {{Parts Used|FruitsFlower}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
The sap is an excellent source of biologically available riboflavin. Aqueous MeOH extract of young shoots contains heat-stable toxin; edible part of young shoot, neurotoxic to rats, but not hepatotoxic.<ref name="Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kari Kari thaale, thaatiningu, Thaatiningu|ml=ampanaAmpana, carimCarim-pana, carimpanaCarimpana, eta|sa=taladrumahTaladrumah, talahTalah, trinarajaTrinaraja|ta=nonkupanaiNonkupanai, nunguNungu, panaimaramPanaimaram|te=karatalamuKaratalamu, karathaalamuKarathaalamu, naamathaaduNaamathaadu, tatichettuTatichettu|hi=tadTad, Tari|en=Palmyrah palm}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Palmate|Leaves plicately multifid; leaflets 60-80, induplicate, apex acuminate; petiole stout, spinous, base broad, split. Spadices interfoliar, large, dioecious, branched; peduncle sheathed with open spathes. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual||||Male flowers small, clustered; bracts scaly, secund, overlapping. Sepals 3, oblong, Flowering from February to 3 mm. Petals 3, obovate-spathulate, to 2 mm. Stamens 6; anthers to 1 mm; pistillodes small, bristly. Female flowers large, globose. Perianth fleshy, accrescent. Sepals reniform, imbricate. Petals smaller, convolute. Ovary globose, entire or 3-or-1-cleft, 3-or 4-celled; ovules basal; stigmas 3, sessile, recurved; staminodes 6-9.May}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupe|13 cm across|Fruits globose, black when ripe with 1-3 compressed pyrenes.|||Fruiting from February to May}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
[[Manikya rasa]], [[Asanadi kashayam]], [[Panaviraladi Bhasma]]<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
Pre-soak for 24 hours in warm water and sow in containers or in situ. The seed is difficult to germinate, often taking 12 months or more. Scarifying it prior to soaking may reduce germination time.
<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Season to grow==
===Season to grow=Required Ecosystem/Climate==
===Soil type===
==Kind of soil needed==
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Borassus flabellifer.jpg|Whole treeFile:Tree I IMG 1497.jpg|Image:Borassus flabellifer fruit on the tree.JPG|Leaves
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://herbs.indianmedicinalplants.info/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-plants/51-2012-03-14-06-49-40/740--borassus-flabellifer "Uses"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2http://keralaplants.0, N.SASIDHARAN in/ Botanic description]</ref><ref name="BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONChemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</ref> <ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Common names]</ref><ref name="Cultivation details">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Borassus+flabellifer Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/10/04/toddy-palm-asian-palmyra-palm-tala/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref> <ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.525, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijcpr/article/download/12102/4414/Borassus flabellifer on innovare academics.in]* [https://www.entranceindia.com/medicinal-plants-herbs-flowers/tala-inflorescence-in-ayurveda-botanical-name-borassus-flabellifer-linn/Borassus flabellifer on entrance india.com]* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Borassus+flabelliferBorassus flabellifer on the ferns.info]*[http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Borassus_flabelliferBorassus flabellifer on palm pedia.net]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Tree]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Arecaceae]]

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