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Dicoma tomentosa

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Dicoma tomentosa is an erect, annual plant, sometimes living for more than one year. It can grow up to 1 metre tall. It native to dry fields and sandy arid places of Senegal to N Nigeria and extending to NE Africa and into Asia.

Uses

Wounds, Skinitch, Colds, Pain in the testicles.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
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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

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

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

A plant of lowland areas in the drier regions of the tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations below 800 metres.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Low rainfall areas, Dry rocky river banks, Rocky slopes, Grassy floodplains.

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References

  1. [Chemistry]
  2. [Morphology]
  3. Cultivation

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