Actaea pachypoda - White baneberry

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Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term (per- + -ennial, "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also widely used to distinguish plants with little or no woody growth from trees and shrubs, which are also technically perennials.

Uses

Coughs, Colds, Rheumatism, Syphilis, Itchy skin, pain of child birth.

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots, Flower.

Chemical Composition

Phytochemical investigation of the chemical constituents of the roots of Actaea pachypoda afforded,19-cyclolanostane type triterpenoids, including the new 8-dihydroactaeaepoxide 3-O-beta-d-xylopyranoside, 12-deacetoxyactaeaepoxide 3-O-beta-d-xylopyranoside

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Perennial plant

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	compound	Leaf arrangement is alternate: there is one leaf per node along the stem and Leaf blade edges is the edge of the leaf blade has lobes, or it has both teeth and lobes

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	Yellow	13	there are two or more ways to evenly divide the flower

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
general	6.5–9 mm	the fruit is fleshy	With hooked hairs	many	{{{6}}}

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Dappled sunlight to medium shade, moist to mesic conditions, and a fertile loamy soil with abundant organic matter is preferred

Commonly seen growing in areas

rich deciduous woodlands, ravines, thinly wooded bluffs.

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