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Aerva lanata, Ashmahabhedah

Ashmahabhedah or Aerva lanata is a common weed which grows wild everywhere in the plains of India. The root has a camphor-like aroma.[1] The dried flowers which look like soft spikes, are sold under the commercial names as Buikallan or Boor. It is one of the plants included in Dasapushpam, the ten sacred flowers of Kerala.

Uses

migraines, headaches, vomiting, piles, burning sensation, perspiration problems, burning sensation in the vagina.

Parts Used

Root, stem.

Chemical Composition

Atisine, Aconitine, Atisenol, Atidine, Hetisine, Hetisinone, Banzolheteratisine, Histidine, F-dihydroatisine, Heteratisine and Several diterpene alkaloids such aheterophyllin, heterophyllisin, heterophyllidine, and hetidine.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada paashaanabheda
Hindi pashanabhed
Malayalam kallurvanci
Tamil ceppunerinji
Telugu pashanabhedi
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit ashmahabhedah
English Indian Atees


Habit

Stout branching shrubs

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
alternate oblong-oblanceolate Leaves alternate or fascicled, 1-2 x 0.5 cm

.[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
solitary calyx 3.5 mm long 5-partite corolla pink stamens 5 Flowers are 5 mm long, 7 mm across, campanulate, 5-lobed. Carpels are five in number

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Tuber segment.

How to plant/cultivate

The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

eastern trophical area, southern trophical, western trophical.

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References

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  2. "medicinal plants"
  3. "india biodiversity"
  4. "wikipedea"

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