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Lepidium sativum - Charmahantri
Charmahantri is also known as Garden cress, mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort pepper grass, chandrashura or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Atropine sulphate, carbachol (CCh), dicyclomine, isoprenaline, verapamil, and rolipram were purchased from Sigma Chemicals Company, St. Louis, MO, USA.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | Alavibija, Alli beeja |
| Hindi | Akalam, Candsur |
| Malayalam | Asali |
| Tamil | Aali, Aalividai |
| Telugu | Aadithyalu, Aandilee |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | Ahaleeva, Asalika |
| English | Common cress, Garden cress |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Katu (pungent)
Guna
Laghu (lightness), Rooksha (dryness), Teekshna (strong, piercing)
Veerya
Ushna (Hot potency)
Vipaka
Katu (pungent)
Karma
Kapha, Vata
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnate/Pinnatifid | Alternate | Basal leaves long-petioled, irregularly pinnatifid, drying early; cauline ones sessile, pinnate, less incised with oblong-linear segments, sparsely pubescent with simple hairs; upper ones linear, entire. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Terminal and axillary racemes | White | 6 | Pedicels cylindric, ascending or subappressed, to 3.5 mm long in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 1.5-1.75 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside. Petals spathulate, somewhat clawed, 2.5-2.75 mm long, sometimes reddish and distinctly nerved. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicula | 5-6 x 3-5 mm across | compressed, keeled at the back, apex emarginate and broadly winged, glabrous, style about 0.2-0.5 mm long. | {{{5}}} | {{{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
An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils. For the best results, however, it requires a moist soil and also some shade during the summer to prevent it going straight to seed.[4]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
young plants
cultivated for salad
abloom with first seeds
Leaves
Flowers
Seeds
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References
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