Hybanthus enneaspermus

Spade flower

Hybanthus enneaspermus is a plant commonly found during the rainy season in dry regions with gravel and stones in the Deccan plateu of India.

Uses

Diarrhea, Urinary tract infections, Inflammation, Wound healing, Asthma ^[1]

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	charaata, purusharatna
Hindi	ratanpurus
Malayalam	nelam-parenda, orilattamara
Tamil	oorithal thamarai, orilaittamarai
Telugu	nelakobbari, purusharathnam
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Purusharatna, padmacarini, charati
English	spade flower

Properties

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	alternate	Leaves subsessile, 0.6-3 x 0.3-1 cm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, margins distantly crenate, crenations scabrous hairy, apex acute, hirsute; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-lanceolate.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	axillary, solitary	Pink-Purple	5	pedicel 0.6-1.5 cm long, slender. Sepals 5, subequal, 2-3 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals 5, pinkish, unequal; lower one 0.8-1.5 cm long, suborbicular, clawed, other 4 smaller, 3-5 mm long, elliptic or triangular-oblong. Stamens 5, c. 2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled; ovules many; style clavate; stigma oblique.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A capsule	5 - 8 mm long	Seeds many, ovoid.		Seeds many, ovoid.	{{{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

Flower and capsule
Flowers
Flowers

References

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External Links

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[Uses-1] Uses

[Leaf-2] Botonic description

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