Picrasma quassioides

Picrasma quassioides

Picrasma quassioides is a species of Picrasma native to temperate regions of southern Asia, from the northeast of Pakistan east along the Himalaya and through southern, central and eastern China to Taiwan and Japan.

Uses

Digestive problems, Chronic dyspepsia, Gastric.

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves, Flower.

Chemical Composition

It contains trifolirhizin, maackiain, 3', 7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxylisoflavone, umbelliferone, emodin, nigakilactone F, picrasin B, picraqualide B, 4-methoxy-5-hydroxycanthin-6-one, 4,5-dimethoxycanthin-6-one, 5-methoxycanthin-6-one.

Common names

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

Properties

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

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Coarsely and irregularly toothed margin	The leaves are 15–40 cm long, pinnate, with 7–15 leaflets 2.5–10 cm long and 1.5–4.5 cm broad.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual		Green to yellow-green		8–15 cm long

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Simple Fruit	Ovoid	6–7 mm diameter	Red to black		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Requires a fertile humus-rich moisture-retentive loam in a sunny position. Plants also succeed when growing in semi-shade.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest.

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External Links

• Picrasma quassioides on wikipedia.org