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Salvia microphylla - Baby sage

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Baby sage, Salvia microphylla

Salvia microphylla is a perennial shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and β‐carotene/linoleic acid tests were used to determine the antioxidant activity. Terpin‐4‐ol (14.95%), sabinene (13.07%) and γ‐terpinene (11.22%) were found to be the major constituents in the essential oil of M. fragrans by gas chromatography, whereas (E)‐caryophyllene (15.35%), α‐eudesmol (14.06%), β‐eudesmol (8.74%) and γ‐eudesmol (7.64%) were encountered in the essential oil of S. microphylla.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Baby sage


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
Deciduous Needled

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual 2.5 cm long White, Multi-Color 5-6 Flower Time is Late spring or early summer

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Short legume 7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad 12-20 seeds {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

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 usually of higher elevations in the tropics, occasionally descending as low as 1,200 metres. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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