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Macaranga peltata - Uppalige
Uppalige is a very common tree in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of the western ghats. They are fast growing trees with large heart shaped leaves. One of the first trees to come up on roadsides and forest clearings.
Contents
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
Language | Common name |
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Kannada | batla chandrike, chaandoda, chanda kanne, chandakala, uppalige |
Hindi | |
Malayalam | uppila, vatta |
Tamil | vattakanni, attattamarai |
Telugu | boddi, godugu ganapa, konda thaamara, kondajaaphara, pulichinjalamu |
Marathi | NA |
Gujarathi | NA |
Punjabi | NA |
Kashmiri | NA |
Sanskrit | |
English |
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Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
Kind | Shape | Feature |
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Simple | Alternate | Leaves simple, alternate, 11-25 x 9-20 cm, ovate-orbicular, deltoid-ovate, ovate or orbicular, apex acute or acuminate, base peltate, margin entire, glabrous or glabrescent, pubescent with reddish glands beneath, coriaceous; stipules large, lateral, ovate-acuminate, reflexed, cauducous; petiole 12-35 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 8-10 ribs from base, palmate, prominent beneath; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, parallel, regular, prominent, intercostae scalariform, much prominent; margin glandular. |
Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
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Unisexual | Male flowers: in axillary, much branched, dense, tomentose, panicles, concealed in large bracts; bracteoles concave; tepals 3, minute, obovate, cuneate; stamens 2-8, free, shortly connate below, exserted. Female flowers: in panicles simpler than in males, branches racemes with larger bracts; tepals 4, basally connate at base; ovary superior, 2-6-celled, densely glandular, ovule one in each cell; style lateral; stigma sessile, often embracing one side of the ovary, thickly papillose. | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} | {{{5}}} |
Fruit
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
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Capsule | 5-6 mm across | Globose, hairy, glandular, black; seed one, black. | {{{5}}} | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Tropical area, Evergreen forest, Moist deciduous forest.
References
- ↑ "Vernacular names"
- ↑ [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]
External Links
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- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Habit - Tree
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Evergreen forest
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Moist deciduous forest
- Herbs
- Plants of western ghats
- Trees
- Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos
- Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos