3,610
edits
Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Changes
no edit summary
[[File:210704 rettich-raphanus-sativus-marktware 1-640x480.jpg|thumb|right|''Mulaka'', ''Raphanus sativus'']]'''Mulaka''', is a plant in the mustard family cultivated throughtout the world for its pungent edible roots. ==Uses=={{stubUses|Hemmarhoids}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Eye disorders}}, {{Uses|Cough}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=moolangi,|ml=kankapal, mullangi|sa=mulaka, mulakam, muli, mulika|ta=mullangi|te=Mullangi|hi=mooli|en=Radish}}
<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), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Vata, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Lyrate|alternate|Lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid, ovate-oblong in general outline, long-stalked, 3-5-jugate, terminal lobes suborbicular, rounded at apex, crenate along margins; lateral lobes much shorter, oblong-ovate, obtuse at apex, dentate along margins; upper leaves much smaller, oblong to lanceolate, entire, dentate or few- lobed, sessile or subsessile. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|racemes|White/pink|| Racemes many flowered, up to 40 cm long in fruit; pedicels 1-2 cm long in fruit. Sepals oblong, subequal, 5-8 x 1.5-2 mm, inner pair somewhat saccate at base. Petals obovate, long-clawed, submerginate at apex, 12-25 x 5 -7 mm. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Siliqua|2-6 x 0.4-0.5 cm|beak conical, seedless, 1-2 cm long; valves spongy, scarsely ribbed, often obscurely constricted between seeds; lower part of siliqua stalk-like, bilocular with a complete septum, sterile, 1-3.5 mm long.|Seeds ovoid to subglobose, 6-12, uniseriate, ca 2 mm in diameter, brown, reticulated.|}}
===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}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Raphanus sativus 01.jpg
File:Radijsbloem A.jpg
File:Radish seedpods.JPG
File:Rabano-radish-raphanus-sativus.jpg
File:Bladrammenas groenbemesting Raphanus sativus subsp. oleiferus.jpg
File:Daikon.Japan.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://easyayurveda.com/2015/04/13/radish-benefits-dose-ayurveda/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://www.entranceindia.com/medicinal-plants-herbs-flowers/mulaka-seed-in-ayurveda-botanical-name-raphanus-sativus-linn/
http://www.iamj.in/posts/images/upload/3090_3096.pdf
https://www.joyfulbelly.com/Ayurveda/ingredient/Radish-raw/243
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245164
[[Category:Herbs]]
