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Biophytum sensitivum - Alambusha
Alambusha is an herbaceous plant with pinnate leaves which are sensitive to touch. Yellow flowers are borne on stalks. It can be found in moist shady places.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Urinary calculi, Wounds, Abscesses, Asthma
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | dodda horamuchhaka, dodda horamuni, ghaati horamuni |
| Hindi | lajjalu, lakhshana |
| Malayalam | mukkutti |
| Tamil | tintanali |
| Telugu | attapatti, atti pathri, chumi, jala puspa |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | alambusa, jalapushpa, panktipatra, pitapushpa, viparitalajjalu |
| English |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
Guna
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)
Veerya
Ushna (Hot)
Vipaka
Karma
Kapha, Pitta
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnate | Alternate | Leaves 1.5-8 cm long; petioles to 2 cm long; leaflets 7-15 pairs; terminal pair the largest, obovate, curved, ca 12 x 7 mm; upper ones oblong, ca 10 x 6 mm; basal ones ovate, obtuse at base, short-apiculate at apex, ca 7 x 4 mm; apical bristles to 1.5 mm long. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bisexual | 6-8 mm across | Yellow and red | 10 | Sepals 5, lanceolate, to 5 mm long, glandular-pubescent, 5-nerved. Petals 5, oblong to 8 mm long. Stamens 10, short ones to 1 mm long, long ones to 3 mm long; staminal tube to 1.5 mm long; filaments sparsely puberulous. Ovary to 1.5 mm long; style to 1.8 mm long, 2-fid, puberulous at base. |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsule | 6-8 cm long | Capsules glandular-pubescent along septa; seeds 2(-4) in each locule, concentrically 9-ridged. | {{{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
Season to grow
Soil type
Propagation
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
References
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External Links
Categories:
- Pages with reference errors
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Urinary calculi
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Wounds
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Abscesses
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Asthma
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Roots used in medicine
- Herbs with Flowers used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Habit - Herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs
- Plants of western ghats
