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<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>

Revision as of 16:05, 10 September 2020

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Ziziphus abyssinica is a fiercely thorny, semideciduous plant, varying in habit from an erect shrub; a scrambling plant that clambers into other vegetation for support; or a tree with drooping branches that form a heavy, rounded crown. It usually grows from 3 - 12 metres tall. The bole is usually straight. The plant is harvested from the wild as a local source of food, medicines and other materials. It is sometimes cultivated as a stock-proof hedge.

Uses

Stomachache, Snakebite, Pneumonia.[1]

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

The major chemical composition of Z. xylopyrus are rich in flavonoids in particular quercetin, quercitrin, kaempferol-4’-methylether and kaempferol, tannins (7.2%), d-7, 3’, 4’-trihydroxyflavan-3, 4-diol and oleanolic acid etc.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಗೊಟ್ಟೆ Gotte
Hindi Kathber
Malayalam
Tamil Mulkottai
Telugu Gotti Chettu
Marathi Ghatbor
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Kath Ber

[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

Semi-deciduous shrub

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

How to plant/cultivate

A plant usually of the drier areas of the hot tropics, where it can be found at elevations from 400 - 2,000 metres.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Scattered tree grassland, Combretum-Terminalia woodlands, Acacia woodlands.

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References

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

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