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Artemisia pallens - Dhavana

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Identification
{{stub}} [[File:Davana-Dried.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Dried davana plant used as aromatic bouquet.'']] '''Davana''', '''Artemisia pallens''', is an aromatic herb, In in genus of small herbs or shrubs, xerophytic In nature. The flowers are racemose panicles, bear numerous small yellow flower heads or capitula, but the silvery white silky covering of down gives the foliage a grey or white appearance. 
==Uses==
{{Uses|dry Dry skin}}, {{Uses|endocrine Endocrine system}}, {{Uses|crampingCramping}}, {{Uses|nauseaNausea}}, {{Uses|fatigueFatigue}}, {{Uses|pelvic Pelvic pain}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|FlowerFlowers}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Davana|ml=Nilampala|sa=Damar, Indhana|ta=Cimaimacippattiri, Machipattri|te=Moshipatri, Tartiha|hi=Vilayathi afsantin|en=AgrimonyWormwood}} ==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==
{{Habit|HerbTraditional herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alteranateAlteranate|The leaves are grayish silver, each leaf is devided into smaller segment}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5|The Flower heads of davana are small and yellow. Flowering from March to April}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs||Fruting from March to April}}
===Other features===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fieldsMeadows}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:OdermennigArtemisia_absinthium_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-164.jpg|<center>Leaves</center>File:Agrimonia eupatoria02Artemisia_herba-alba.jpg|<center><center>Hole plant</center>ImageFile:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNTArtemisia arctica subsp.BOTsachalinensis 1.2004JPG|<center>Flower</center>File:Artemisia californica01.0jpg|<center>Stem</center>File:Artemisia campestris Ypey37.jpg|<center>Root</center>
</gallery>
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://ayurvedicoils.com/tag/chemical-constituents-of-davana-oil "Green life club"Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[http://www.itslife.in/gardening/perennials/davana-artemisia-pallens "flower of davdan"Plant summary]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.ikisan.com/aromatic-plants-davana.html "aromatic palnts"Cultivation]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.itslife.in/gardening/perennials/davana-artemisia-pallensDavana plant summary]* [http://agriinfo.in/default.aspx?page=topic&superid=2&topicid=1407Package of Practices for Cultivation of Dawana]* [https://www.slideshare.net/shivanandhort/davana-ppt-by-shivanand-mrproduction Technology of davana]* [https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/davana-oil-artemisia-pallens-2264443055.htmlDescription of Davana essential]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Asteraceae]]

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