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Leea macrophylla - Hastikarna
Leea macrophylla is a perennial plant with stems that becomes more or less woody. The plant is often shrub-like and occasionally tree-like, growing from a tuberous rootstock. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and dye, It is planted in Sri Lanka for its medicinal use and may well also be cultivated in Malesia.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
The leaves contain an abundance of of phenolic constituents such as flavonoids, leucoanthocyanidins, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid and gallic acid.[1]
Common names
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Kannada | NA |
Hindi | Hathikana |
Malayalam | NA |
Tamil | NA |
Telugu | NA |
Marathi | Gajakarni |
Gujarathi | NA |
Punjabi | NA |
Kashmiri | NA |
Sanskrit | Samudrika |
English | Hathikana |
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 |
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Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
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Fruit
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
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Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Species in this genus generally succeed in full or partial sun, preferring a moist, fertile, well-drained soil[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Chemistry
- ↑ [Morphology]
- ↑ Cultivation
External Links
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- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Cancer
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Fruits used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Marathi
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Air layering
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Cuttings
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Open vegetation
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Dry forest
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