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Salix nigra - Black willow
Salix nigra (black willow) is a species of willow native to eastern North America, from New Brunswick and southern Ontario west to Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.
Uses
sexual erethism, irritability, passion, libidinous thoughts, irritability, Toot cystitis, sexual abuse, ovaritis, cystitis, prostatitis.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Analysis has shown a brown, resinous, acrid substance, insoluble in potassium hydroxide and probably containing pelletonin, two oils soluble in potassium hydroxide - one dark brown and acrid, the other yellow - tannin, gum, potassium sulphate and carbonate, potassium chloride, calcium phosphate and carbonate, silica, alumina, lignin, etc. An alkaloid, Pyrethrine, yielding pyrethric acid, is stated to be the active principle.[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 |
|---|---|---|
| simple | deciduous | petiolate, alternate, distichous, (2–)5–15 cm long, (0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2) cm wide, falcate or lanceolate, leaf margins serrate or serrulate, leaf apices acuminate, leaf bases cuneate or obtuse or rounded |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | 14-18cm long | Yellow, Circular | Androecium. Stamens 3–7 per flower. | Flowering February or March or April or May. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, catkins, flowers sessile. Flowers unisexual or pistillate or staminate. Perianth. Calyx absent. Corolla absent. Gynoecium. Ovaries superior, pistils 1 per flower. Gynoecium syncarpous, 2 carpels per flower, styles 1 per pistil, styles 0.2 mm long. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruits capsules | 0.3–0.8 cm long | reddish-brown, fruit maturation 1 years | 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
Succeeds in most soils, including wet, ill-drained or intermittently flooded soilst[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
Var. depressus
same plant, flower detail
Var. depressus, flowers closed
References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat sexual erethism
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat irritability
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat passion
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat libidinous thoughts
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Toot cystitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat sexual abuse
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat ovaritis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat cystitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat prostatitis
- Herbs with Dried Roots used in medicine
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Flower 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 wet soil condition
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of along streams and lakes
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