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Anagallis arvensis is a delicate herb with small brightly coloured flowers that often grows wild in fields, meadows, pastures etc.
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
Epilepsy, Mental problems, Dropsy, Skin infections, Liver disorder, Gall bladder.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Anagallis arvensis is one of the plants which used medicinally for many purposes. The seeds of Anagallis arvensis contained flavonoids.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | |
| Gujarathi | |
| Punjabi | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | |
| English |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Opposite | Leaves are opposite, rarely in a whorl of three, sessile to clasping at base, ovate to oval, 5 to 25mm long. The margins are entire, obtuse to somewhat acute at tip, the base is cordate. Both leaf surfaces are glabrous, and the bottom is dotted with black glands. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Solitary, axillary | Blue-Pink | 5 | On thin peduncles of 1 to 5cm long, erect in flower, curved down on fruit. The calyx is persistent, with 5 lanceolate, acuminate lobes 3 to 5mm long. The corolla is deeply five-parted, 8 to 14mm across, a little shorter than the calyx; glandular hairs (terminal cell enlarged, globose) on the margins. Flowers have different colours, usually salmon, pink, red or blue; blue flowers are most common and white ones rare. Stamens five, attached to base of corolla, clothed with numerous purple-fringed (villous) filaments. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule | 3 to 5mm across | Membranous globose capsule, the top falling off as a lid | Seed 1mm long, three-angled, brown, covered with tiny scales. |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Anagallis arvensis is a very adaptable plant and has spread as a weed throughout much of the temperate zone and into the subtropics.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Roadsides, Cultivated land, Preferring rather sandy soils.
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Chemistry
- ↑ Morphology
- ↑ [ "Cultivation"]
External Links
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- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Epilepsy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Mental problems
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Dropsy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin infections
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Liver disorder
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Gall bladder
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Habit - Annual
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Roadsides
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Cultivated land
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Preferring rather sandy soils
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- Primulaceae
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