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Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana is a small but fairly fast-growing evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows from 2 - 8 metres tall. The bole can be 10 - 30cm in diameter. This is a plant that is very important to the lives of local people, providing as it does a very wide range of foods and materials.
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 Season to grow
- 13 Required Ecosystem/Climate
- 14 Kind of soil needed
- 15 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 16 Photo Gallery
- 17 References
- 18 External Links
Uses
Intestinal worms, Lower fever, Improves digestion, Dysentery, Vomiting during pregnancy, Throat infections, Muscular ache, Fevers, Colic.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Bixa orellana L. has been traditionally used in Central and South America to treat a number of ailments, including internal inflammation, and in other tropical countries like Malaysia as treatment for gastric ulcers and stomach discomfort.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | ರಂಗುಮಾಲೆ Rangumaale |
| Hindi | Latkan |
| Malayalam | Kurannumannal |
| Tamil | Sappiravirai |
| Telugu | Japhara |
| Marathi | Sendri |
| Gujarathi | Sinduri |
| Punjabi | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | Sindhuri |
| English | Lipstick tree, Annatto |
.[2]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowering season is June to January |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruiting season is June to January |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Annatto requires a frost-free, warm, humid climate. It can grow at elevations from sea level up to 2,200 metres in tropical to subtropical climates where a mean annual rainfall of 2,500 - 5,000mm is distributed throughout the year.[4]
Season to grow
Required Ecosystem/Climate
Bixa orellana requires a frost-free, warm, humid climate and a sunny location.[5]
Kind of soil needed
Preferring a moist, but well-drained neutral or slightly alkaline soil in a sunny position.
Commonly seen growing in areas
Coastal thickets, Tropical forests.
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Chemical constituents
- ↑ Common names
- ↑ [Morphology]
- ↑ Cultivation
- ↑ Required Ecosystem/Climate
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Intestinal worms
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Lower fever
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Improves digestion
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Dysentery
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Vomiting during pregnancy
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Throat infections
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Muscular ache
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Fevers
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Colic
- 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 Gujarathi
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Evergreen tree
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Cuttings in sand
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Coastal thickets
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical forests
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