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'''Akshipushpi''' is a tall herb that occurs in grassy meadows and hillsides of the western ghats. The striking violet-white blooms appear at the end of the rainy season. It is in the Gentian family.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhage}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=dodda chirayutha|ml=Kannamthali|sa=Akshipushpi|ta=|te=|hi=bara-charayatah|en=Bicolor Persian violet}}
<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===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|7 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, narrowed to a broad petiole, acute at apex, 3-ribbed}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal cymes|Blue-white-violet|4|Cymes terminal, in many flowered corymbs; bracts 7 mm long, linear. Calyx 9 mm long, 4- lobed, lobes ovate, abruptly cuspidate with a cuspidate 2 mm broad wings. Corolla blue or white with blue shades, tube short, lobes 4, to 20 x 8 mm, elliptic, acute. Stamens 4, anthers 8 mm long, slightly curved, eglandular, filaments broaden at base. Ovary 2-celled, ovules many; stigma subcapitate.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule globose|||Seeds small, many|}}
===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==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Exacum bicolor 02.jpg|Flowers
File:Exacum bicolor 04 Leaves.jpg|Leaves
File:Exacum tetragonum - Bicolor Persian Violet at Ranipuram (4).jpg|Flower
File:Exacum bicolor 06 Habitat.jpg|Grassland Habitat
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/exacum-bicolor.html Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286345610_Exacum_bicolor_Roxb_an_Exquisite_Under_Exploited_Wild_Ornamental]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286954272_Phenology_of_exacum_bicolor_roxb_an_endangered_medicinal_herb_of_Kannur_and_Wayanad_districts_Kerala_India]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Gentianaceae]]
'''Akshipushpi''' is a tall herb that occurs in grassy meadows and hillsides of the western ghats. The striking violet-white blooms appear at the end of the rainy season. It is in the Gentian family.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhage}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=dodda chirayutha|ml=Kannamthali|sa=Akshipushpi|ta=|te=|hi=bara-charayatah|en=Bicolor Persian violet}}
<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===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|7 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, narrowed to a broad petiole, acute at apex, 3-ribbed}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal cymes|Blue-white-violet|4|Cymes terminal, in many flowered corymbs; bracts 7 mm long, linear. Calyx 9 mm long, 4- lobed, lobes ovate, abruptly cuspidate with a cuspidate 2 mm broad wings. Corolla blue or white with blue shades, tube short, lobes 4, to 20 x 8 mm, elliptic, acute. Stamens 4, anthers 8 mm long, slightly curved, eglandular, filaments broaden at base. Ovary 2-celled, ovules many; stigma subcapitate.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule globose|||Seeds small, many|}}
===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==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Exacum bicolor 02.jpg|Flowers
File:Exacum bicolor 04 Leaves.jpg|Leaves
File:Exacum tetragonum - Bicolor Persian Violet at Ranipuram (4).jpg|Flower
File:Exacum bicolor 06 Habitat.jpg|Grassland Habitat
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/exacum-bicolor.html Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286345610_Exacum_bicolor_Roxb_an_Exquisite_Under_Exploited_Wild_Ornamental]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286954272_Phenology_of_exacum_bicolor_roxb_an_endangered_medicinal_herb_of_Kannur_and_Wayanad_districts_Kerala_India]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Gentianaceae]]
