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'''Wrightia tinctoria''' is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia found in India, southest Asia and Australia. It is found in dry and moist regions in its distribution. Various parts of the plant have medicinal properties.
  
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Psoriasis}}, {{Uses|Cancer}}, {{Uses|Wound}}, {{Uses|Obesity}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Pain}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
  
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Shwetha kutaja, Pala indigo plant or dyers’s oleander, is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia found in India, southeast Asia and Australia. It is found in dry and moist regions in its distribution. Various parts of the plant have medicinal properties.
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===Food===
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Svetakutaja can be used in Food. Leaves and fruits are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
  
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The flowers, leaves, fruits and seeds are edible. The tree is harvested from the wild as a medicine and source of a dye and wood. Leaves are extracted as fodder for livestock. The leaves, flowers, fruits and roots are sources of indigo-yielding glucoside, which produces a blue dye or indigo- like dye. About 100 - 200 kilos of leaves are needed to prepare 1 kilo of dye. It is occasionally planted as an ornamental in the tropics. The branches are trampled into the puddle soil in rice field for green manuring
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}.
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==Chemical Composition==
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Cycloartenone, Cycloeucalenol, Beta-Amyrin, Beta Sitosterol <ref name="chemical composition"/>
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=Kodamurki|ml=Aiyappala, Kampippaala|sa=Stri Kutaja|ta=Veppalai|te=Amkuda|hi=Dudhi, Karayaja|en=Pala Indigo, Sweet indrajao}}
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
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===Rasa===
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Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
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===Guna===
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Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)
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===Veerya===
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Ushna (Hot)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha, Vata
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===Prabhava===
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===Nutritional components===
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Svetakutaja Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A, B and C; Indigotin, Inderutain, Isatin, Lupeol, Rutin, Tryptanthrin, Urosolic acid, Wrightial; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Sulphur, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Deciduous tree}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves are distichous, estipulate; petiole 2-5 mm long, stout, glabrous}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|1.5 mm long|White|5|Flowers Season is June - August and scented, in terminal cymes appearing along with new leaves}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit||15-45 cm long|Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Kutajavaleha]]
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* [[Brihat Gangadhara churna]]
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* [[Mahamanjishtadhi kashaya]]
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* [[Stanyashodhana kashaya]]
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* [[Patoladi churnam]]
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Wrightia tinctoria is a plant of arid, semi-arid and moist regions in the tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,200 metres. It is found in areas where the mean annual rainfall is within the range 400 - 2,500mm, and the mean temperature range 17 - 25°c<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Svetakutaja is available through<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Dry soil region}}, {{Commonly seen|Deciduous forests}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Wrightia tinctoria - ദന്തപ്പാല 02.JPG|Leaves
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File:Wrightia tinctoria 14.JPG|Flowers
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File:Wrightia tinctoria 35.JPG|Leaves adnd fruits
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File:Wrightia tinctoria 033.jpg|Habit
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://mavcure.com/wrightia-tinctoria/ Chemical contituents]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31903 Plant description]</ref>
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<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2013/10/17/kutaja-benefits-usage-dose-side-effects-ayurveda-details/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Wrightia+tinctoria Cultivation Details]</ref>
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<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.152, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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</references>
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==External Links==
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* [http://www.psoriasisselfmanagement.com/natural-herbs-supplements/wrightia-tinctoria-for-psoriasis/ Wrightia tinctoria on psoriasisselfmanagement.com]
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* [https://mavcure.com/wrightia-tinctoria/ Wrightia tinctoria on wrightia-tinctoria.com]
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* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931199/ A review on phytochemical, pharmacological, and pharmacognostical profile of Wrightia tinctoria: Adulterant of kurchi]
  
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It is a medicinal plant in Ayurveda described in classical Ayurvedic texts as Shwetha kutaja and seeds known as Indrayava. It is also known from Unani and Siddha systems as Inderjao shireen and Irum-paalai respectively. According to Ayurveda, the bark is useful in treatment of diarrhoea, piles, ringworm[10] and other skin diseases. Seeds also have anti-dysenteric properties and are also used as astringents, antihelminthics, aphrodisiacs and to reduce fevers. Laddus made of baked seeds has been described as a remedy for improving libido. Bark and seeds are used to treat flatulence. Root bark extract is used orally as an antidote for snakebite. Powder of the bark is also used for treatment of kidney stones. Its stem bark extract is used in animals for the treatment of Anthrax. The oil we get after the leaves are exposed in sunlight in pure coconut oil is good for scaly and itching scalp and other parts of body.
 
  
 
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[[Category:Apocynaceae]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 17 November 2021

Shwetha kutaja, Wrightia tinctoria

Wrightia tinctoria is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia found in India, southest Asia and Australia. It is found in dry and moist regions in its distribution. Various parts of the plant have medicinal properties.

Uses

Psoriasis, Cancer, Wound, Obesity, Diabetes, Pain, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Food

Svetakutaja can be used in Food. Leaves and fruits are cooked as vegetable.[1]

Parts Used

Leaves, Flowers.

Chemical Composition

Cycloartenone, Cycloeucalenol, Beta-Amyrin, Beta Sitosterol [2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Kodamurki
Hindi Dudhi, Karayaja
Malayalam Aiyappala, Kampippaala
Tamil Veppalai
Telugu Amkuda
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Stri Kutaja
English Pala Indigo, Sweet indrajao


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Nutritional components

Svetakutaja Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A, B and C; Indigotin, Inderutain, Isatin, Lupeol, Rutin, Tryptanthrin, Urosolic acid, Wrightial; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Sulphur, Zinc[1]

Habit

Deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite Leaves are distichous, estipulate; petiole 2-5 mm long, stout, glabrous

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual 1.5 mm long White 5 Flowers Season is June - August and scented, in terminal cymes appearing along with new leaves

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
15-45 cm long Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown With hooked hairs {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

[4]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Wrightia tinctoria is a plant of arid, semi-arid and moist regions in the tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,200 metres. It is found in areas where the mean annual rainfall is within the range 400 - 2,500mm, and the mean temperature range 17 - 25°c[5]. Svetakutaja is available through[1]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry soil region, Deciduous forests.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Flowers

  • Leaves adnd fruits

  • Habit

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.152, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  2. ↑ Chemical contituents
  3. ↑ Plant description
  4. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  5. ↑ Cultivation Details

External Links

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