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Triphasia trifolia

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Triphasia trifolia

Lime berry is an evergreen shrub usually growing 1 - 3 metres tall, occasionally to 7 metres. The plant is armed with sharp spines. The plant has several local uses, providing food, medicines and various materials. It is widely cultivated in tropical areas especially as an ornamental and hedge plant, but also for its edible fruit.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Sabinene, β-pinene and γ-terpinene also were the major compounds identified in the pentane extract obtained by SDE. This is the first report on the volatiles from T. trifolia cultivated in the State of Pará, Brazil.[2]

Common names

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

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Lime berry is cultivated in the tropics and subtropics. A fairly hardy plant, it is able to survive light, short-lived frost, but should be protected from longer frosts or hard freezes.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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