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'''Indian mangrove''' is an evergreen shrub or tree, usually growing 8 - 18 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres.
 
'''Indian mangrove''' is an evergreen shrub or tree, usually growing 8 - 18 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres.
 
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{{Uses|Irritable bowel syndrome}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Constipation}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}.
  
 
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Plantago major is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The plant is native to most of Europe and northern and central Asia, but has widely naturalised elsewhere in the world. Indian mangrove is an evergreen shrub or tree, usually growing 8 - 18 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres.

Uses

Irritable bowel syndrome, Diarrhea, Constipation, Hemorrhoids.

Parts Used

Seeds.

Chemical Composition

Among the flavonoids isolated are baicalein, hispidulin, plantaginin and scutellarein. These have free radical scavenging activity and inhibit lipid peroxidation, and the first 3 are anti-oxidants. Baicalein has anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic and hepatoprotective activities, it showed inhibition of human and rat cancer cell lines, and it is a HIV-reverse transcriptase inhibitor in vitro.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Ipati
Hindi NA
Malayalam Orayi
Tamil Venkantal
Telugu Tella mada
Marathi NA
Gujarathi Baklananjhad
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Sagarodbhutah
English Indian Mangrove


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

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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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 of the moist to wet tropics and subtropics, where it is always found at around sea-level near the coast.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Trophical areas.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links