Grangea maderaspatana

Grangea maderaspatana is an annual or occasionally perennial prostrate herb sending out shoots up to 30cm long from a woody taproot. The leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Earache, Indigestion, Womens problems, Wound healing

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

α-humulene (46.3%), β-caryophyllene (9.3%), α-copaene (8.2%), β-myrcene (4.3%), Z(E)-α-farnesene (3.7%), and calarene (3.5%)

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಾದಾರಿ Dodda gaadaari
Hindi	Mustaru
Malayalam	Nilampala
Tamil	Masipathri
Telugu	Mastaru
Marathi	Mashipatri
Gujarathi	Jhinkimudi
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Madras absinth, Madras carpet

Properties

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

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

Damp places, River-banks, Seasonal river-beds.

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External Links

• Grangea maderaspatana on flowersofindia.net
• Grangea maderaspatana on indiabiodiversity.org
• Grangea maderaspatana on bioinfo .in