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Garcinia indica - Vrikshamia
Garcinia indica a plant in the mangosteen family, mostly in Asia and Africa. Garcinia indica is indigenous to the Western Ghats region of India located along the western coast of the country.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-sambubioside[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Murgina, Punarpuli |
| Hindi | Kokum |
| Malayalam | Kaattampi |
| Tamil | Murgal, Murgal-mara |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Vrikshamia, Amlabija |
| English | Kokam, Goa butter tree |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Amla (sour), Madhura (sweet)
Guna
Ruksha (Dry), Guru (heavy)
Veerya
Ushna (Hot)
Vipaka
Madhura (sweet)
Karma
Kapha, Vata
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Opposite | estipulate; petiole 5-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 6.5-11 x 1.5-4 cm, lanceolate or obovate-oblong, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining, membranous; lateral nerves 7-18 pairs, parallel, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polygamodieocious | Axillary and terminal fascicles | Many | pedicels 6 mm long; sepals 4, yellowish-orange to pinkish-orange, coriaceous, ovate-rotundate, outer ones 3-4.5 mm long, inner ones 4.5-5 mm long; petals 4, 5-6 mm long, thick; stamens many, inserted on a hemispheric subquardate torus; filaments short; anthers oblong, truncate, loculi laterally introrse; rudimentary pistil absent or a few equalling the stamens; female flowers: solitary, terminal; pedicels 3 mm long; sepals and petals as in male flowers; staminodes 10-, 18, in 4 unequal, 2 to 3 seriate phalanges alternating with petals, 1-3 mm long; ovary superior, 4-8 locular, subglobose; stigma 4-8 rayed, convex, coronate, rays tuberculate, often 2-seriate. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry | 2.5-4 cm across | 4-8 loculed, purple or wine brown, surrounded by persistent calyx; pulp red | seeds 5-8, compressed in acidic pulp. | {{{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
Garcinia indica requires a warm and humid tropical climate.[4]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
Leaves
Nuts
Fruits
References
External Links
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