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Euryale ferox

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Euryale ferox is a perennial water plant growing from a short rhizome in water that can be up to 5 metres deep. A type of water lily, it produces a rosette of large, spine-covered leaves that, when mature, float on the surface of the water.

Uses

Kidney Problems, Spleen, Chronic diarrhoea, Vaginal discharge, Kidney weakness, Impotence, Premature.[1]

Parts Used

Fruits, Young stalks, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

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


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the subtropics and tropics. This species is not very cold hardy.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Slowly flowing water, Lakes in lowland.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

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