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Cassia auriculata

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Matara tea is a shrub or small tree' It grows up to 7 metres tall. The bole can be 20cm in diameter. A multi-purpose plant with a wide range of local uses for food, medicines and to supply a range of commodities. The plant is cultivated in India, Ghana, and Tanzania, and is often grown as an ornamental.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Tangedi
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Tanner's cassio


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
Pinnate It's size is 8-10cm Long and It is having 8-12 pairs of leaflets. Each leaflet is 2-3cm Long

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
4-5cm Bright yellow Upper 3 stamens are reduced to stamenoids {{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
7-12cm long Flat brown pods

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

A plant mainly of dry regions in the tropics, though it is also able to tolerate much wetter conditions.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. [Chemistry]
  2. Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 109
  3. Cultivation

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