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Latest revision as of 17:10, 18 August 2020

Talinum triangulare

Waterleaf is a short-lived, erect, strongly branched, perennial plant with succulent stems 30 - 100cm tall growing from swollen, fleshy roots. The plant is often harvsted from the wild for local use as a food. It is also cultivated in various parts of the tropics for its edible leaves, being grown on a particularly large scale in Africa. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental pot plant or as an edging plant in gardens.

Uses

Measles, Diabetes.[1]

Parts Used

Leaves, Flowers.

Chemical Composition

It contains bioactive compounds namely flavonoids (69.80±4.42 mg/100 g and 58.33 ± 9.00 mg/100 g), alkaloids (55.56±5.00 mg/100 g and 13.89±5.00 mg/100 g), saponins (1.48±0.20 mg/100 g and 1.37±0.60 mg/100 g) and tannins.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil Sambar keerai
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Ceylon Spinach, Waterleaf

[3]

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

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings of young shoots.

How to plant/cultivate

Grows best in the moist humid conditions of lowland tropical areas, though it can succeed at elevations up to 1,000 metres.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

On roadsides, Waste places, Forest edges.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemistry
  3. Common names
  4. [Morphology]
  5. Cultivation

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