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'''Ulat kambal''' is a large, spreading shrub or small tree sometimes growing up to 10 metres tall, but more generally 1 - 4 metres when in cultivation. The plant provides a high quality fibre that is mainly used locally. It also has local medicinal uses. Often harvested from the wild, it is also sometimes cultivated in tropical areas as a fibre crop and is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Gynecological disorders}}, {{Uses|Induces menstruation}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Fever}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Yoshini, Pivari|ta=Sivappututti|te=|hi=Ulat kambal|en=Devil's cotton}}
<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), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 10-20 (-30) x 5-15 (-25) cm; ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, repand-denticulate, glabrescent above, tomentose beneath; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long; stipules linear, as long as the petiole, deciduous.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|subterminal or axillary peduncled cymes|Maroon||5 cm in diameter. Sepals ca 2 x 0.6 cm, lanceolate, connate at base, persistent. Petals ca 2.8 x 1.2 cm with hooded ca 5 mm long claw and spoon- shaped lamina, claws hairy outside. Stamens 3 in each group in the sinus; staminodes ca 2x1 mm, hairy, emarginate. Ovary 2.5-3 x 2 mm, oblong, 5- lobed, sessile; styles ca 2 mm long}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|3.5-4 cm long||obpyramidal, membranous, 5-angled, truncate at apex, septicidally 5-valved, valves villous at the edge|seeds many, ca 3 x 2 mm, obovate.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==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:Abrom augus 070601 020 ipb.JPG
File:Devil's cotton (Abroma augusta) fruit mature.jpg
File:Devil's Cotton (Ambroma augusta) 1.jpg
File:Abroma augustum IMG 5300 C.JPG
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/03/abroma-augusta-devils-cotton/]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/03/abroma-augusta-devils-cotton/]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Abroma+augustum]
* [https://www.ayurtimes.com/abroma-augusta-ulat-kambal-devils-cotton/]
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/ulatkambal-plant]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
'''Ulat kambal''' is a large, spreading shrub or small tree sometimes growing up to 10 metres tall, but more generally 1 - 4 metres when in cultivation. The plant provides a high quality fibre that is mainly used locally. It also has local medicinal uses. Often harvested from the wild, it is also sometimes cultivated in tropical areas as a fibre crop and is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Gynecological disorders}}, {{Uses|Induces menstruation}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Fever}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Yoshini, Pivari|ta=Sivappututti|te=|hi=Ulat kambal|en=Devil's cotton}}
<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), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 10-20 (-30) x 5-15 (-25) cm; ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, repand-denticulate, glabrescent above, tomentose beneath; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long; stipules linear, as long as the petiole, deciduous.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|subterminal or axillary peduncled cymes|Maroon||5 cm in diameter. Sepals ca 2 x 0.6 cm, lanceolate, connate at base, persistent. Petals ca 2.8 x 1.2 cm with hooded ca 5 mm long claw and spoon- shaped lamina, claws hairy outside. Stamens 3 in each group in the sinus; staminodes ca 2x1 mm, hairy, emarginate. Ovary 2.5-3 x 2 mm, oblong, 5- lobed, sessile; styles ca 2 mm long}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|3.5-4 cm long||obpyramidal, membranous, 5-angled, truncate at apex, septicidally 5-valved, valves villous at the edge|seeds many, ca 3 x 2 mm, obovate.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==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:Abrom augus 070601 020 ipb.JPG
File:Devil's cotton (Abroma augusta) fruit mature.jpg
File:Devil's Cotton (Ambroma augusta) 1.jpg
File:Abroma augustum IMG 5300 C.JPG
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/03/abroma-augusta-devils-cotton/]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/03/abroma-augusta-devils-cotton/]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Abroma+augustum]
* [https://www.ayurtimes.com/abroma-augusta-ulat-kambal-devils-cotton/]
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/ulatkambal-plant]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
