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Amoora cucullata
Aglaia cucullata is a tree with a broad, rounded crown of arching branches. it usually grows up to 15 metres tall.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Bioassay-guided fractionation of mangrove, Amoora cucullata, collected from Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, Bangladesh, led to the isolation of four new compounds (1–4), along with seven known compounds.[1]
Common names
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnate | Alternate | Paripinnate; petiolules ca. 1.25 cm long; lamina ca. 7-20 x 4-6.5 cm, ovate or oblong elliptic, oblique at base, obtuse at apex, entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous; secondary nerves 16 pairs. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polygamous | Panicles | Yellow | 6 | Inflorescence densely lepidote; male panicles drooping, almost as long as leaves, with many diverging branches; female racemes much shorter, few-flowered; Flowers bracteate, ca. 3-4 mm long, yellow; female and bisexual flowers larger than male flowers; calyx 3-lobed; petals 3; staminal tube turbinate, scarcely shorter than petals; anthers 6, sessile, included; ovary 3-locular; locules 2-ovuled; style absent; stigma 3-lobed, large. Pistillode similar but slender and stipitate |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule | 6 cm across | Pyriform-globose, obtusely 3-lobed, 3-valved | Seeds 3, orange, rounded with fleshy aril. |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
The pouch at the base of the terminal leaflet is sometimes occupied by ants.[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
External Links
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