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Senna auriculata - Ahulya

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Ahulya, Senna auriculata

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

Leaves, {{Parts Used|Flowers}, Bark

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

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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

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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

  1. Uses
  2. Vernacular names
  3. Botonic description
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Cultivation

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