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Barringtonia acutangula - Samudraphala

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Samudraphala, Barringtonia acutangula

Samudraphala is an evergreen tree of moderate size, called by Sanskrit writers Hijja or Hijjala. The fruit is spoken of as Samudra-phala and Dhātriphala or "nurse’s fruit" and is one of the best known domestic remedies.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

The bark contains tannins (16%), also ellagic acid. The fruits contain triterpenoid sapogenins. [2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada dhatri phala, ganigalu
Hindi hijjal, samandar-phal
Malayalam arrupera, athambu, attampu, attapera,
Tamil adampai, amamikkatampu, samuttirappalam, sengadambu
Telugu Karpura-Bendakanapa chettu, kanigi, kanigi chettu, kurpa, neerkaniki
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit ambuja, samudraphala, dhatriphala, hijjala,
English

[3]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate clustered towards the tip of branchlets; stipules lateral, cauducous; petiole 6-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 7-18 x 2.5-7 cm, oblanceolate, obovate or elliptic-obovate, base cuneate, or attenuate, apex obtuse, round or subacute, margin finely serrate, glabrous, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, slender, prominent.

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
bisexual 6-8 mm long Red Many terminal pendulous racemes; bracts small, deciduous; calyx tube campanulate, adnate to the ovary; lobes 4, ovate, acute, imbricate; petals 4, ovate, obtuse, imbricate, basally connate, adnate to the staminal tube; stamens many, in several rows; filaments exserted, filiform, 1.5 cm long, pink, connate below; ovary inferior, 2 mm, 2-celled, ovules 6-8 in each cell; style to 2 cm, filiform; stigma small.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Berry 2.5-3.8 cm long oblong-ovoid, bluntly quadrangular; seed one, ovoid. {{{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

Seeds are soaked in boiled water and allowed to cool for 24 hours before sowing. [6]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • Bud

  • Flower

  • Leaves

  • Flowering

  • Fruit

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Chemical composition
  3. ↑ Vernacular names
  4. ↑ BOTANIC DESCRIPTION
  5. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  6. ↑ Cultivation details

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