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Viburnum cotinifolium

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Viburnum cotinifolium is a spreading, deciduous shrub that can grow up to 5 metres tall, though is often smaller in cultivation. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.

Uses

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Parts Used

Chemical Composition

It contains Extensive chromatographic separation and purification of the chloroform soluble fraction of the anti-malarial plant, Viburnum grandiflorum afforded six known compounds namely, 3-hydroxy-4,7-megastigmadiene-9-one (1), β-sitosterol (2), awabukinol (3), 1-oxo-erythrodiol (4), lupeol (5) and 10-acetylpatrinoside.[2]

Common names

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
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Viburnum cotinifolium is hardy to about -15°c.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemical constituents]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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