Cleome viscosa - Tilaparni

Tilaparni, Cleome viscosa

Tilaparni, is an erect, branched, annual plant with sticky leaves; it can grow 40 - 150cm tall. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The plant is occasionally cultivated in India, where it is gaining in popularity as a low-cost substitute for cumin. Its cultivation is promoted for degraded or marginal agricultural land where it can be cultivated with less difficulty than traditional crops

Uses

Ringworm, Flatulence, Dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Wounds, Inflammation

Parts Used

Whole plant

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	antu saasive gida, haladimaamballi, kaadusassive, naayi saasive, nayibela
Hindi	bagro, hulhul, hurhur, jakhya
Malayalam	aria-veela, ariavila, atunarivela, katkudagu, naivela
Tamil	kaattu kadugu, naai vealai elai, nayikkadugu, nayivelai, peruvelai,
Telugu	kukha-avalu, kukhavavulu, kukhavominta
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	adityabhakta, arikahita, arkabhakta, arkakanta, brahmasuvarchala, hulahula, tilaparni
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Palmately compound	alternate	Petioles – of lower leaves 2.5 – 5cm long, Upper leaves 0.4 – 3.8cm Leaflets – sub sessile, elliptic – oblong or obovate. 2 – 4.3 cm long & 2.5 cm wide.Leaves hairy and green having bitter taste, having an unpleasant smell

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	axillary lax raceme	Yellow	12 - 18	Flowers 1-1.5 cm across; pedicels to 1 cm long, elongate during fruiting. Sepals 4, 4-8 x 2-3 mm, lanceolate, apex acute, glandular hairy without. Petals 4, yellow, 6-12 x 3-5 mm, obovate to oblong-spathulate, apex rounded. Stamens 12-18; filaments 6-8 mm long, broadened at tip; anthers linear. Ovary sessile, 5-7 mm long, oblong-cylindric, glandular-hairy; stigma capitate.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A capsule	5-6.5 x 0.3-0.5 cm		linear-oblong, terete, striate, densely glandular hairy	seeds many, 1-1.5 mm across, reniform, transversely ridged, reddish-brown.	{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Must be sown in sandy, well draining soil and only lightly covered. Requires bright and warm conditions to thrive.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Sub tropical area

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