Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Madhuca longifolia - Indian butter tree
_in_Hyderabad,_AP_W_IMG_0067.jpg)
Butter tree is a deciduous tree with a large, spreading, rounded crown that can grow 16 metres or more tall.A multipurpose tree that is very important to the local economy, supplying a range of foods, medicines and other commodities.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Cough, Cold, Bronchitis, Leprosy, Diabetes, Bleeding gums, Skin diseases.
Parts Used
Flowers, Bark, Seeds oil, Seeds.
Chemical Composition
It consists of Glycosides, flavonoids, terpenes and saponins. The pharmacological studies proved that it possess wide range of biological activities such as antiulcer, antiinflammatory, antioxidant and antidiabetic activities.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Ippe, Aaluppe |
| Hindi | Mahua, Mohwa |
| Malayalam | Illupa |
| Tamil | Kaattu |
| Telugu | Ippa |
| Marathi | Kat-illipi |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | Madhuca |
| English | Honey tree, Butter tree |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Paripinnate | Oblong | Leaf Arrangement is Alternate-spiral |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | 2-4cm long | Pink | Flowering: February-April, May-June |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oblong pod | Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled | Seeds upto 5 | Fruiting: February-April, May-June |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
A plant of the subtropics to the hot tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1200metres. Able to resist some frost, it grows in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 2 - 46°c.[4]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Deciduous forests, Dry plain forests, Cultivated fields.
Photo Gallery
Leaves
Flower
Fruit
Hole plant
_(3558304005).jpg)
_(3393850707).jpg)
_(2463481357).jpg)
_in_Hyderabad,_AP_W_IMG_0065.jpg)
References
- ↑ Chemical constituents
- ↑ Karnataka Medicinal Plants-Vol 2 book by Dr. M. R. Gurudeva, Page no:67
- ↑ Morphology
- ↑ Cultivation
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cough
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cold
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Bronchitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Leprosy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Diabetes
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Bleeding gums
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Skin diseases
- Herbs with Flowers used in medicine
- Herbs with Bark used in medicine
- Herbs with Seeds oil used in medicine
- Herbs with Seeds used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Marathi
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Deciduous tree
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Deciduous forests
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Dry plain forests
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Cultivated fields
- Herbs
- Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos
- Sapotaceae
