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Canavalia rosea

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Canavalia rosea is a perennial herb with a trailing or climbing stem growing 2 - 10 metres long and becoming somewhat woody with age. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

It contains Tannins, Phlobatannins, Saponins, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Cardiac glycosides and Phenolics.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ತಮಟೇ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Thamate balli
Hindi Guthari
Malayalam Manal avara
Tamil Koli-y-avarai
Telugu Madana
Marathi Sagar abai
Gujarathi Adbau talwardi
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Beach bean, Bay bean

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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

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Ovate Compound leaves

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
White Inflorescence is raceme, Consisting of 10 to 20 flowers {{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Sword 20-35 cm long and 3-6 wide Reddish seeds Each pods contains reddish seeds

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

The seeds are buoyant and impermeable to water - they are thus able to float considerable distances in the sea, thereby explaining the plants wide distribution.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. Common names
  4. Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag pdf, Page no - 93
  5. [Cultivation]

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