Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Difference between revisions of "Zanthoxylum rhetsa - Asvaghra"
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
==Common names== | ==Common names== | ||
| − | {{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}} | + | {{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"/> |
| − | <ref name="Common names"/> | ||
==Properties== | ==Properties== | ||
| Line 78: | Line 77: | ||
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref> | <ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref> | ||
| − | |||
<ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2013/05/zanthoxylum-rhetsa.html/ "Uses"]</ref> | <ref name="Uses">[http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2013/05/zanthoxylum-rhetsa.html/ "Uses"]</ref> | ||
| − | |||
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref> | <ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 11:40, 10 April 2019
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.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Asthma, bronchitis, Cardiac ailments, Hemarrhoids, Arthritis, Ulcers [1]
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | arempala, juminam, kadumenasu, aramadala, kavate |
| Hindi | pepuli, badrang, budrung, jaladhari |
| Malayalam | Mullilam, Mulliyllam, Karimurikku, Kattumurikku |
| Tamil | karuncurai, kattumurukku, mullilam, iraccai |
| Telugu | rhetsa-man, morapu, raccamanu, racha, rachamam, rachchamanu, |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | tejovati, tejasvini, ashvaghra, laghuvalkala |
| English | Indian prickly ash-tree |
[2]
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
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.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. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Tropical area, Evergreen forest, Moist deciduous forest.
Photo Gallery
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Habit
.jpg)
References
- ↑ "Uses"
- ↑ "Vernacular names"
- ↑ [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]
External Links
Categories:
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Asthma
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat bronchitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cardiac ailments
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Hemarrhoids
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Arthritis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Ulcers
- Herbs with Seeds used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Tree
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Evergreen forest
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Moist deciduous forest
- Herbs
- Plants of western ghats
- Trees
