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Talah, Borassus flabellifer

Talah is a tall palm tree with fan shaped leaves found abundantly all along the Eastern Coast of India. The fruits are valued for their sweet jelly like pulp and inflorescence stalks which yield delicious neera.

Uses

Liver diseases, Spleen diseases, Inflammation, General debility, Acidity, Diarrhea, Cough, Cold. ^[1]

Parts Used

Flower, Roots, Fruits

Chemical Composition

The sap is an excellent source of biologically available riboflavin. Aqueous MeOH extract of young shoots contains heat-stable toxin; edible part of young shoot, neurotoxic to rats, but not hepatotoxic. ^[2]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	kari thaale, thaatiningu,
Hindi	tad
Malayalam	ampana, carim-pana, carimpana, eta
Tamil	nonkupanai, nungu, panaimaram
Telugu	karatalamu, karathaalamu, naamathaadu, tatichettu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	taladrumah, talah, trinaraja
English	Palmyrah palm

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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

Madhura (Sweet)

Guna

Guru (Heavy), Snigdha (Slimy)

Veerya

Sheeta (Cold)

Vipaka

Madhura (Sweet)

Karma

Vata, Pitta

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Palmate	Leaves plicately multifid; leaflets 60-80, induplicate, apex acuminate; petiole stout, spinous, base broad, split. Spadices interfoliar, large, dioecious, branched; peduncle sheathed with open spathes.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual				Male flowers small, clustered; bracts scaly, secund, overlapping. Sepals 3, oblong, to 3 mm. Petals 3, obovate-spathulate, to 2 mm. Stamens 6; anthers to 1 mm; pistillodes small, bristly. Female flowers large, globose. Perianth fleshy, accrescent. Sepals reniform, imbricate. Petals smaller, convolute. Ovary globose, entire or 3-or-1-cleft, 3-or 4-celled; ovules basal; stigmas 3, sessile, recurved; staminodes 6-9.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Drupe	13 cm across	Fruits globose, black when ripe with 1-3 compressed pyrenes.			{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

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Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Pre-soak for 24 hours in warm water and sow in containers or in situ. The seed is difficult to germinate, often taking 12 months or more. Scarifying it prior to soaking may reduce germination time. ^[6]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Coastal area.

Photo Gallery

Whole tree
Leaves

References

External Links

[Uses-1] Uses

[Chemical_composition-2] Chemical composition

[Common_names-3] Common names

[Leaf-4] BOTANIC DESCRIPTION

[Ayurvedic_preparations-5] Ayurvedic preparations

[Cultivation_details-6] Cultivation details

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 <ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/ BOTANIC DESCRIPTION]</ref>
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