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'''Sritalah''', is a large palm tree that can be found growing in the evergreen forests of the [[western ghats]] and planted freely throughout India. Traditionally the tree has been used to make toddy and starch is extracted from the inner stem.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Migraine}}, {{Uses|Snake bites}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Sap}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bagani mara, bagini, bagni, baina, baine, bainemara, baini|ml=anapana, anapanna, anapanne, anappana, chundapana|sa=hoajavriksha, dirgha, mada, madadruma, madyadru, madyadruma, mohakari, rajju, sritalah, vitanaka|ta=ataku, atakumaram, atam, kuntalapanai, kuntar panai|te=bakini, chirugu, chirugu chettu, cirugu, gukatad, jeeluga, jeeluga chettu|hi=ban-khajur, mari, mari ka jhat, marikajhad|en=Fishtail palm}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|4-6 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long; leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped, 12-20 cm long, 7-10 cm wide at wider portion, raemorse at apex, many ribbed.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Monoecious|Spadix|Yellow|Many|Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched, pendulous, to 4 m long; spathes few, 40-50 cm long. Flowers many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Petals linear-oblong, valvate. Stamens many. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovule 1-per locule. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||2 cm across|globose, reddish purple; seeds plano-convex, subreniform.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Caryota urens top side.jpg
File:Sri Lanka-Kitul tree (3).jpg
File:Caryota urens Male Flowers.jpg
File:(Caryota urens) Palm tree at Shivaji Park 01.JPG
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/caryota-urens.html "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caryota+urens
* https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Caryota-Urens-Cid596
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Tree]]
'''Sritalah''', is a large palm tree that can be found growing in the evergreen forests of the [[western ghats]] and planted freely throughout India. Traditionally the tree has been used to make toddy and starch is extracted from the inner stem.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Migraine}}, {{Uses|Snake bites}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Sap}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bagani mara, bagini, bagni, baina, baine, bainemara, baini|ml=anapana, anapanna, anapanne, anappana, chundapana|sa=hoajavriksha, dirgha, mada, madadruma, madyadru, madyadruma, mohakari, rajju, sritalah, vitanaka|ta=ataku, atakumaram, atam, kuntalapanai, kuntar panai|te=bakini, chirugu, chirugu chettu, cirugu, gukatad, jeeluga, jeeluga chettu|hi=ban-khajur, mari, mari ka jhat, marikajhad|en=Fishtail palm}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Guru (Heavy)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|4-6 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long; leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped, 12-20 cm long, 7-10 cm wide at wider portion, raemorse at apex, many ribbed.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Monoecious|Spadix|Yellow|Many|Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched, pendulous, to 4 m long; spathes few, 40-50 cm long. Flowers many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Petals linear-oblong, valvate. Stamens many. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovule 1-per locule. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||2 cm across|globose, reddish purple; seeds plano-convex, subreniform.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Caryota urens top side.jpg
File:Sri Lanka-Kitul tree (3).jpg
File:Caryota urens Male Flowers.jpg
File:(Caryota urens) Palm tree at Shivaji Park 01.JPG
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/caryota-urens.html "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caryota+urens
* https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Caryota-Urens-Cid596
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:Tree]]
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