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Allamanda Cathartica

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Allamanda Cathartica

Allamanda cathartica is an evergreen climbing shrub that can reach a free-standing height of 2 metres or produce clambering stems 6 metres or more. Older plants often have multiple stems from the root crown and long stems with relatively few branches. The plant is sometimes used medicinally, even though it is poisonous.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

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Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Arisina hu, Kanagani hu
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil Manjalpatti
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Allamanda, Dogben

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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
Flowering season is January to April

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Fruiting season is August to October

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of moist, tropical lowland regions, where it can be found at elevations up to 700 metres. It is found growing in Puerto Rico in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the range 1,000 - 2,800mm, though may be tolerant of a greater range than this. Plants are intolerant of frosts, being killed by temperatures of -1°c[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 3" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.100 and 101, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru.
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Useful Tropical plants

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