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Quassia amara - Bitter wood
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Quassia amara (amargo, bitter-ash, bitter-wood) is a species in the genus Quassia, with some botanists treating it as the sole species in the genus. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus who named it after the first botanist to describe it: the Surinamese freedman Graman Quassi. Q. amara is used as insecticide, in traditional medicine and as additive in the food industry.
Uses
intestinal parasites, skin parasites, intestinal parasites, amebic infections, malaria, digestive problems, eliminate toxins, liver.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
The main chemicals identified in amargo include: beta-carbolines, beta-sitostenone, beta-sitosterol, dehydroquassins, gallic acid, gentisic acid, hydroxyquassins, isoparain[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | Akarkara |
| Malayalam | Akkarakaaram |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Akarkarabh |
| English | Pellitory |
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Smooth | Alternate, Pinnate | The leaves are with deeply-cut segments |
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Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | 14-18cm long | Yellow, Circular | Each bears one large flower the disk being yellow and the rays white, tinged with purple beneath. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syncarp (sorosis), subglobose or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripe | seeds many, ovoid. | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Pyrethrum var depressus (sometimes considered a separate species, Anacyclus depressus), called mat daisy or Mount Atlas daisy, is grown as a spring-blooming, low-water ornamental. It produces mats of grey-green, ferny foliage and single daisy-like white flowers. It is suitable for growing in an alpine or rock garden. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
Var. depressus
same plant, flower detail
Var. depressus, flowers closed
References
External Links
- Pages that are stubs
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat intestinal parasites
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat skin parasites
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat amebic infections
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat malaria
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat digestive problems
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat eliminate toxins
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat liver
- Herbs with wood used in medicine
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Procumbent herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Cuttings
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Mediterranian
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Himalayas
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Arabian countries
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