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Alambusha is an herbaceous plant with pinnate leaves which are sensitive to touch. Yellow flowers are borne on stalks. It can be found in moist shady places.

Uses

Urinary calculi, Wounds, Abscesses, Asthma

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots, Flowers

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada dodda horamuchhaka, dodda horamuni, ghaati horamuni
Hindi lajjalu, lakhshana
Malayalam mukkutti
Tamil tintanali
Telugu attapatti, atti pathri, chumi, jala puspa
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit alambusa, jalapushpa, panktipatra, pitapushpa, viparitalajjalu
English

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Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Karma

Kapha, Pitta

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Pinnate Alternate Leaves 1.5-8 cm long; petioles to 2 cm long; leaflets 7-15 pairs; terminal pair the largest, obovate, curved, ca 12 x 7 mm; upper ones oblong, ca 10 x 6 mm; basal ones ovate, obtuse at base, short-apiculate at apex, ca 7 x 4 mm; apical bristles to 1.5 mm long.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
bisexual 6-8 mm across Yellow and red 10 Sepals 5, lanceolate, to 5 mm long, glandular-pubescent, 5-nerved. Petals 5, oblong to 8 mm long. Stamens 10, short ones to 1 mm long, long ones to 3 mm long; staminal tube to 1.5 mm long; filaments sparsely puberulous. Ovary to 1.5 mm long; style to 1.8 mm long, 2-fid, puberulous at base.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule 6-8 cm long Capsules glandular-pubescent along septa; seeds 2(-4) in each locule, concentrically 9-ridged. {{{6}}}

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

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

Photo Gallery

References

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  2. [FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]

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