Caryota urens - Sritalah

Sritalah, Caryota urens

Sritalah is a large palm tree that can be found growing in the evergreen forests of the western ghats and planted freely throughout India. Traditionally the tree has been used to make toddy and starch is extracted from the inner stem.

Uses

Arthritis, Burning sensation, Migraine, Snake bites ^[1]

Parts Used

Leaves, Fruits, Sap

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Bagani mara, Bagini, Bagni, Baina, Baine, Bainemara, Baini
Hindi	Ban-khajur, Mari, Mari ka jhat, Marikajhad
Malayalam	Anapana, Anapanna, Anapanne, Anappana, Chundapana
Tamil	Ataku, Atakumaram, Atam, Kuntalapanai, Kuntar panai
Telugu	Bakini, Chirugu, Chirugu chettu, Cirugu, Gukatad, Jeeluga, Jeeluga chettu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Hoajavriksha, Dirgha, Mada, Madadruma, Madyadru, Madyadruma, Mohakari, Rajju, Sritalah, Vitanaka
English	Fishtail palm

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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

Madhura (Sweet)

Guna

Guru (Heavy)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Karma

Pitta

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Bipinnate	alternate	4-6 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long; leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped, 12-20 cm long, 7-10 cm wide at wider portion, raemorse at apex, many ribbed.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Monoecious	Spadix	Yellow	Many	Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched, pendulous, to 4 m long; spathes few, 40-50 cm long. Flowers many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Petals linear-oblong, valvate. Stamens many. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovule 1-per locule.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
	2 cm across	globose, reddish purple; seeds plano-convex, subreniform.		{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Seed - At room temperature the seeds remain viable for 30 - 90 days, depending on storage conditions. An experiment in Sri Lanka on the effect of seed storage and exposure to sunlight revealed a germination rate of 99% for seeds sown after 30-day storage in a dark room. Seed germinate in 2-4 months. Seedlings can tolerate sun while quite small. ^[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Sub Tropical area

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References

External Links

[Uses-1] ttp://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/caryota-urens.html "Uses"]

[Common_names-2] "Vernacular names"

[Leaf-3] PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

[Cultivation_details-4] "Cultivation details"

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Caryota urens - Sritalah

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