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'''Akshipushpi''' is a tall herb that occurs in grassy meadows and hillsides of the western ghats. The striking violet-white blooms appear at the end of the rainy season. It is in the Gentian family.
 
'''Akshipushpi''' is a tall herb that occurs in grassy meadows and hillsides of the western ghats. The striking violet-white blooms appear at the end of the rainy season. It is in the Gentian family.
 
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhage}}
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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=dodda chirayutha|ml=Kannamthali|sa=Akshipushpi|ta=|te=|hi=bara-charayatah|en=Bicolor Persian violet}}
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===Flower===
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal cymes|Blue-white-violet|4|Cymes terminal, in many flowered corymbs; bracts 7 mm long, linear. Calyx 9 mm long, 4- lobed, lobes ovate, abruptly cuspidate with a cuspidate 2 mm broad wings. Corolla blue or white with blue shades, tube short, lobes 4, to 20 x 8 mm, elliptic, acute. Stamens 4, anthers 8 mm long, slightly curved, eglandular, filaments broaden at base. Ovary 2-celled, ovules many; stigma subcapitate.}}
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286345610_Exacum_bicolor_Roxb_an_Exquisite_Under_Exploited_Wild_Ornamental]  
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* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286345610_Exacum_bicolor_Roxb_an_Exquisite_Under_Exploited_Wild_Ornamental Exacum bicolor on researchgate.net]  
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286954272_Phenology_of_exacum_bicolor_roxb_an_endangered_medicinal_herb_of_Kannur_and_Wayanad_districts_Kerala_India]
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* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286954272_Phenology_of_exacum_bicolor_roxb_an_endangered_medicinal_herb_of_Kannur_and_Wayanad_districts_Kerala_India Exacum bicolor on researchgate.net]
  
 
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[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
 
[[Category:Gentianaceae]]
 
[[Category:Gentianaceae]]

Latest revision as of 12:47, 6 May 2020

Akshipushpi, Exacum bicolor

Akshipushpi is a tall herb that occurs in grassy meadows and hillsides of the western ghats. The striking violet-white blooms appear at the end of the rainy season. It is in the Gentian family.

Uses

Inflammation, Inflammation, Burning sensation, Fever, Hemorrhage [1]

Parts Used

Whole plant

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Dodda chirayutha
Hindi Bara-charayatah
Malayalam Kannamthali
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Akshipushpi
English Bicolor Persian violet

[2]

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)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Karma

Pitta

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite 7 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, narrowed to a broad petiole, acute at apex, 3-ribbed

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Terminal cymes Blue-white-violet 4 Cymes terminal, in many flowered corymbs; bracts 7 mm long, linear.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule globose Seeds small, many {{{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

External Links