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Hybanthus enneaspermus

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Spade flower

Hybanthus enneaspermus is a plant commonly found during the rainy season in dry regions with gravel and stones in the Deccan plateu of India.


Uses

Diarrhea, Urinary tract infections, Inflammation, Wound healing, Asthma [1]

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada charaata, purusharatna
Hindi ratanpurus
Malayalam nelam-parenda, orilattamara
Tamil oorithal thamarai, orilaittamarai
Telugu nelakobbari, purusharathnam
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Purusharatna, padmacarini, charati
English spade flower


Properties

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple alternate Leaves subsessile, 0.6-3 x 0.3-1 cm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, margins distantly crenate, crenations scabrous hairy, apex acute, hirsute; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-lanceolate.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual axillary, solitary Pink-Purple 5 pedicel 0.6-1.5 cm long, slender. Sepals 5, subequal, 2-3 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals 5, pinkish, unequal; lower one 0.8-1.5 cm long, suborbicular, clawed, other 4 smaller, 3-5 mm long, elliptic or triangular-oblong. Stamens 5, c. 2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled; ovules many; style clavate; stigma oblique.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A capsule 5 - 8 mm long Seeds many, ovoid. Seeds many, ovoid. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

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References

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