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Senna auriculata - Ahulya
Ahulya, is a shrub or small tree growing up to 7 metres tall. The bole can be 20cm in diameter. A multi-purpose plant with a wide range of local uses for food, medicines and to supply a range of commodities. It was at one time a major source of tannins, especially in southern India.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Kannada | aavarike, honnaavare, honnaavarike, olle thangadi |
Hindi | tarvar, anwal |
Malayalam | avara, avarakka, avaram |
Tamil | aavarai, avaram |
Telugu | avaray, merakatangedu, tangedu |
Marathi | NA |
Gujarathi | NA |
Punjabi | NA |
Kashmiri | NA |
Sanskrit | adarisimbi, ahula, ahulya, ahulyam, avartaki, charmaranga |
English |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
Kind | Shape | Feature |
---|---|---|
Pinnate | alternate | Leaflets to 2 x 1 cm, oblong-obovate or elliptic, shortly acuminate, pubescent, gland opposite the leaflets, stipitate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, stipules 1 cm, lunate, auricled |
Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bisexual | axillary and terminal corymbs | Yellow | 10 | Corymbs axillary and terminal; peduncle 2 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow; larger sepals 1.5 x 1 cm, broadly ovate, obtuse, outer smaller; petals 3-3.5 x 2 cm, ovate, orbicular, clawed; stamens 7 fertile and 3 staminodes. |
Fruit
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Pod | Pod flat, pubescent, mucronate | {{{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
Seed - it has a hard seedcoat and needs scarification before sowing to speed up germination. This can usually be done by pouring a small amount of nearly boiling water on the seeds (being careful not to cook them!) and then soaking them for 12 - 24 hours in warm water. By this time they should have imbibed moisture and swollen - if they have not, then carefully make a nick in the seedcoat (being careful not to damage the embryo) and soak for a further 12 hours. Cuttings. [4]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Uses
- ↑ Vernacular names
- ↑ Botonic description
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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External Links
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