Macaranga peltata - Uppalige

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.

Parts Used

Roots, Leaves, Bark

Chemical Composition

It is also useful in coffee plantations for shade. The leaves are rich in nitrogen and potash. They contain water, 60.17; N, 1.3; potassium (KzO), 0.66; and phosphorus (PzOs), 0.18%6.

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

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

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.

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}}}

How to plant/cultivate

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

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Evergreen forest, Moist deciduous forest.

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