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[[File:Fruits Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|Fruits of Rohithaka]]|thumb|right|''Rohithaka'', ''Aphanamixis polystachya'']]
'''Rohithaka''' is a tall evergreen tree with imparipinnate leaves. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. The seed oil is a commercially valuable product in India, where it is used in making soap. The tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Eye diseases}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Hemarrhoids}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts bark|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=hottenola, mukhya mutthage, mukhyamuttage, roheethaka|ml=cemmaram|sa=sitapushpa, aptavha, sarvajanapriya, shuklarohita, rohitakah|ta=Kattuk-Kasturi, Kasturivendai|te=chevamanu, rohitaka|hi=harinhara, harinkhana|en=}}
<ref name="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===
Vaata, Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|crowded at the end of branchlets, estipulate; leaflets 7-15, opposite, 4.5-25 x 2.5-6.5 cm, lowest pair smaller, ovate-oblong or oblanceolate, acute, apex acute or acuminate, base oblique, margin entire, undulate, coriaceous, glabrous above and glabrescent beneath; rachis 12-44.6 cm long, stout, pubescent, swollen at base, grooved above till the lowest leaf pairs, lateral nerves 7-13 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Polygamous|70 cm long|Whitish yellow||axillary, drooping; pedicel 2-6 mm long; sepals 5, orbicular, thick; petals 3, white, orbicular; staminal tube 4 mm long, globose; anthers 6, oblong, included; ovary superior, ovoid, pubescent, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; stigma 3-lobed, subsessile.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|2.5-3.5 x 3 cm|3-lobed, glabrous yellow or purplish; seeds 2 or 3, oblong, with a scarlet aril.|Seeds black|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Easily grown in a rich well-drained soil in a sunny position.
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
[[File:Aphanamixis polystachya seedlings.jpg|thumb|Seedlings of Rohithaka]]|Seeds
[[File:Flowers Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|]]|Yellow flower
[[File:Opened fruit Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|A dehisced capsule of Rohithaka, showing the red aril covering the black seed]]|Red flower
[[File:Aphanamixis polystachya branch.jpg|thumb|Fruiting branches of Rohithaka]]|Whole plant
[[File:Fruits of Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|]]|Seeds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a00e/0181cf6ba84d5218f1d70421a3e5f024ac0a.pdf "Uses"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aphanamixis+polystachya]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316699969_APHANAMIXIS_POLYSTACHYA_WALL_PARKER_PHYTOCHEMISTRY_PHARMACOLOGICAL_PROPERTIES_AND_MEDICINAL_USES_AN_OVERVIEW]
* [https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/aphanamixis-polystachya-2/?lang=en]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Tree]]
'''Rohithaka''' is a tall evergreen tree with imparipinnate leaves. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. The seed oil is a commercially valuable product in India, where it is used in making soap. The tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Eye diseases}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Hemarrhoids}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts bark|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=hottenola, mukhya mutthage, mukhyamuttage, roheethaka|ml=cemmaram|sa=sitapushpa, aptavha, sarvajanapriya, shuklarohita, rohitakah|ta=Kattuk-Kasturi, Kasturivendai|te=chevamanu, rohitaka|hi=harinhara, harinkhana|en=}}
<ref name="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===
Vaata, Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|crowded at the end of branchlets, estipulate; leaflets 7-15, opposite, 4.5-25 x 2.5-6.5 cm, lowest pair smaller, ovate-oblong or oblanceolate, acute, apex acute or acuminate, base oblique, margin entire, undulate, coriaceous, glabrous above and glabrescent beneath; rachis 12-44.6 cm long, stout, pubescent, swollen at base, grooved above till the lowest leaf pairs, lateral nerves 7-13 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Polygamous|70 cm long|Whitish yellow||axillary, drooping; pedicel 2-6 mm long; sepals 5, orbicular, thick; petals 3, white, orbicular; staminal tube 4 mm long, globose; anthers 6, oblong, included; ovary superior, ovoid, pubescent, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; stigma 3-lobed, subsessile.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|2.5-3.5 x 3 cm|3-lobed, glabrous yellow or purplish; seeds 2 or 3, oblong, with a scarlet aril.|Seeds black|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Easily grown in a rich well-drained soil in a sunny position.
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
[[File:Aphanamixis polystachya seedlings.jpg|thumb|Seedlings of Rohithaka]]|Seeds
[[File:Flowers Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|]]|Yellow flower
[[File:Opened fruit Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|A dehisced capsule of Rohithaka, showing the red aril covering the black seed]]|Red flower
[[File:Aphanamixis polystachya branch.jpg|thumb|Fruiting branches of Rohithaka]]|Whole plant
[[File:Fruits of Aphanamixis polystachya.jpg|thumb|]]|Seeds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a00e/0181cf6ba84d5218f1d70421a3e5f024ac0a.pdf "Uses"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aphanamixis+polystachya]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316699969_APHANAMIXIS_POLYSTACHYA_WALL_PARKER_PHYTOCHEMISTRY_PHARMACOLOGICAL_PROPERTIES_AND_MEDICINAL_USES_AN_OVERVIEW]
* [https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/aphanamixis-polystachya-2/?lang=en]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Tree]]
