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Astragalus gummifer
Astragalus gummifer is a low-growing, thorny, deciduous shrub. This plant is one of the many species of Astragalus that produce tragacanth gum - a substance with many uses in medicine, as a food additive and in industry.
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
Parts Used
Gum.
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | |
| Gujarathi | |
| Punjabi | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | |
| English |
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
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{{5}}} |
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
How to plant/cultivate
Requires a dry well-drained soil in a sunny position[1, 238]. Succeeds in poor soils.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Dry sub-alpine slopes, Grassland, Dry valleys.
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ [Chemistry]
- ↑ [Morphology]
- ↑ Cultivationz
External Links
- [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395923/ Astragalus gummifer
on ncbi.gov]
- [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Astragalus+gummifer Astragalus gummifer
on the ferns.info]
Categories:
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Tumours
- Herbs with Gum used in medicine
- Habit - Evergreen Shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Dry sub-alpine slopes
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Grassland
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Dry valleys
- Herbs
- Pages without herbs images
