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Vamana, Lekhana  
 
Vamana, Lekhana  
 
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves opposite on short lateral branchlets, to 4.5 x 2 cm, obovate, obtuse, tomentose below, petiolate; stipule ovate, cuspidate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal|White fading to yellow|5|Leaves opposite on short lateral branchlets, to 4.5 x 2 cm, obovate, obtuse, tomentose below, petiolate; stipule ovate, cuspidate.}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Berry|4 x 3cm|glabrous; seeds many, embedded in pulp|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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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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===Propagation===
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Catunaregam spinosa (Mountain Pomegranate) flower W IMG
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File:Catunaregam spinosa (Mountain Pomegranate) W IMG 9379.jpg
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File:Catunaregam spinosa - Mountain Pomegranate at Blathur 2014
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File:Matukkarai (Tamil- மதுக்காரை) (2617517761).jpg
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==References==
 
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<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 114.</ref>  
 
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 114.</ref>  
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<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
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==External Links==
 
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[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]  
 
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]  
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Madana consists of dried fruit of Xeromphis spinosa (Thunb) Keay, Syn Randia dumetorum Lam. (Fam. Rubiaceae), a deciduous thorny shrub or a small, tree, reaching a height upto 9 m and girth about a metre, branches numerous, thick and horizontal, found in sub-Himalayan tracts extending eastwards in Sikkim upto 1200 m and southwards to Peninsular India. [1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Mangarikai, Karigidda, Madanaphala Maggrekai, Kari, Maggare Kayi
Hindi Manphal
Malayalam Malankara, Malamkarakka
Tamil Marukkarai
Telugu Mranga Kaya, Monga Kaya
Marathi Gal, Galphala, Giephala, Madanphala
Gujarathi Mindhal, Mindhol, Mindhar
Punjabi Mindhal, Rara, Manphal
Kashmiri Madanfal
Sanskrit Maadani
English Emetic nut


Chemical Composition

Essential oil, saponin, tannin and resin.

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Madhura

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha

Veerya

Ushna (heat)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Vamana, Lekhana

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub or small tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite Leaves opposite on short lateral branchlets, to 4.5 x 2 cm, obovate, obtuse, tomentose below, petiolate; stipule ovate, cuspidate.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal White fading to yellow 5 Leaves opposite on short lateral branchlets, to 4.5 x 2 cm, obovate, obtuse, tomentose below, petiolate; stipule ovate, cuspidate.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Berry 4 x 3cm glabrous; seeds many, embedded in pulp {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Catunaregam spinosa (Mountain Pomegranate) flower W IMG
  • Catunaregam spinosa (Mountain Pomegranate) W IMG 9379.jpg
  • Catunaregam spinosa - Mountain Pomegranate at Blathur 2014
  • Matukkarai (Tamil- மதுக்காரை) (2617517761).jpg

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 114.
  2. ↑ [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]

See also

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIAShrub

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