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Macaranga peltata - Uppalige

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Uppalige, Macaranga peltata

Uppalige is a very common tree in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of the western ghats. They are fast growing trees with large heart shaped leaves. One of the first trees to come up on roadsides and forest clearings.

Uses

Treat stomach-ache, Dysentery, Haemoptysis, Cough, Fever, Dysuria, Skin problems. [1]

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada batla chandrike, chaandoda, chanda kanne, chandakala, uppalige
Hindi
Malayalam uppila, vatta
Tamil vattakanni, attattamarai
Telugu boddi, godugu ganapa, konda thaamara, kondajaaphara, pulichinjalamu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English
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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

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves simple, alternate, 11-25 x 9-20 cm, ovate-orbicular, deltoid-ovate, ovate or orbicular, apex acute or acuminate, base peltate, margin entire, glabrous or glabrescent, pubescent with reddish glands beneath, coriaceous; stipules large, lateral, ovate-acuminate, reflexed, cauducous; petiole 12-35 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 8-10 ribs from base, palmate, prominent beneath; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, parallel, regular, prominent, intercostae scalariform, much prominent; margin glandular.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual Male flowers: in axillary, much branched, dense, tomentose, panicles, concealed in large bracts; bracteoles concave; tepals 3, minute, obovate, cuneate; stamens 2-8, free, shortly connate below, exserted. Female flowers: in panicles simpler than in males, branches racemes with larger bracts; tepals 4, basally connate at base; ovary superior, 2-6-celled, densely glandular, ovule one in each cell; style lateral; stigma sessile, often embracing one side of the ovary, thickly papillose. {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule 5-6 mm across Globose, hairy, glandular, black; seed one, black. {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Trees produce an abundance of seeds. They need to be scarified before sowing, acid treatment or mechanical scarification can done.  [4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Evergreen forest, Moist deciduous forest.

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