Paeonia emodi

Paeonia emodi

Paeonia emodi, is a robust herbaceous plant that winters with buds underground (as so-called hemicryptophyte), has large white flowers and large deeply incised leaves, belonging to the peonies.

Uses

treatment of hypertension, palpitations, asthma, uterine diseases, colic, bilious obstructions .

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves, Flower.

Chemical Composition

Salicylaldehyde (85.5%), cis-myrtanal (4.9%), myrtenal (1.8%), trans-myrtanol (1.6%), and nopinone (1.4%).

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Chandayra, चन्द्रा Chandra, चन्द्रैन Chandrain, Ud-salap, Udsalap
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	chandra
English	Himalayan Peony

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Herbs

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
compound	lanceshaped in outline	1-2 ft long, long-pointed leaflets or lobes up to 14 cm long.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	elliptic-shaped	white		8-12 cm across, with 5-10 elliptic petals and 5 persistent outer sepals

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit		Fruit is 3-4 cm, densely hairy or hairless, with seeds which are scarlet	brown-black		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

US Chemistry professor and peony breeder Arthur Percy Saunders made a cross between P. emodi and P. lactiflora that is now known as "White Innocence" (1947), an extremely high (up to 1,5 m), richly flowering and well known cultivar.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland.

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