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Dillenia indica - Bhavya
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Bhavya , Elephant apple is a very ornamental evergreen tree with a rounded crown and large corrugated leaves that can grow up to 30 metres tall, though is usually smaller. The bole can be 120cm in diameter, often branching from low down. The plant provides an edible fruit, polish, soap and medicines for the local people.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | bettakanagalu, kal tega, naaythaeku |
| Hindi | chalta, girnar |
| Malayalam | punna, syalita, valappunna, valapunna, vazchapunnai |
| Tamil | uvatteku, uvav, kattarali, kurukati |
| Telugu | kalinga, muchiru, peda kalinga, revadi chettu, uppu ponna, uva |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | bhavya, bhavyam, ruvya, picchila beeja |
| English | Elephant apple |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Madhura (Sweet), Amla (Sour), Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna
Guru(Heavy), Picchila (Slimy)
Veerya
Sheeta (cold)
Vipaka
Madhura (Sweet)
Karma
Vata
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | alternate | Petiole 15-75 mm long, stout, sheathing, winged, tomentose, grooved above; lamina 18.5-30 × 5-10 cm, elliptic, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate, acute or attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin serrate to dentate, glabrous above, strigose or pubescent beneath; lateral nerves many, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform, faint. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Terminal | White | 12-15 cm across, solitary, white, terminal; pedicel 4-8 cm long, silky hairy; bracts to 5 mm long, solitary, median on pedicels, lanceolate; sepals 5, 4-6 × 3-5 cm, obovate, orbicular or elliptic, thick, fleshy; petals 5, 7-9 × 5-6 cm, obovate or oblong, white, veins green; stamens many, cohering slightly at base, in 2 series, outer 13-15 mm long, inner ones 20-22 mm long, inner ones arching over the short outer ones; carpels 14-20, cohering at the axis, ovules many; styles free, 18-25 mm long, flattened, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, spreading, white. Pseudocarps yellowish-green, globular with enclosed sepals, 10-12 cm across. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aggregate of berries | 3.5 × 1.5 cm | Globular, covered by overlapping circular scales | seeds 5, 6×4 mm, reniform, compressed, reddish, echinate with hairy margins. | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
Nuts
Bark
Leaves
Flower
Whole tree
Fruits
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References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cough
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- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Improves digestion
- Herbs with Fruits used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
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- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
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