42,754
edits
Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Changes
no edit summary
[[File:Nerium oleander flowers leaves.jpg|thumb|right|''Ashvaghna, Karavira'']]'''Karavira''' consists of dried leaves of Nerium indicum Mill. Syn. Nerium odorum Soland (Fam.Apocynaceae), It is a large evergreen woody shrub with milky Juice, . It is foundthroughout the year in upper Gangetic plains, Himalayas, from Nepal to Kashmir upto 2000 m. Central and Southern India, also cultivated near temples and gardens.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>==Uses=={{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Itching}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}.<ref name="Uses"/> ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Hayamaaraka, Harapriya|en=Indian Oleander|gu=Kanera, Karena, Karen|hi=Kaner|kn=Kanagalu, Kanagile|ks=Gandeela, Gandula|ml=Kanave eram, Arali, Kattalari|mr=Kanher|pa=Kaner|ta=Arali, Alari, Aatrulari|te=Ganneru}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Properties==
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Whorls of 3|10-15 x 1-2 cm, linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, acuminate, thick coriaceous, midrib prominent, nerves numerous; petiole 5-7.5 mm long}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal and axillary panicles|Greenish yellow|5|Flowers white, pink or dark red, single or double in cultivated, form, fragrant 3-4 cm across, peduncle and pedicel hairy, bracts small, 5-7.5 mm long}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Follicle|12-20 cm x 7:5 mm long||Seeds brown with bristles}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Manikya ras]]
* [[Chitrakadi taila]]
* [[Brihat Marichadi taila]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Cuttings can be used to propagate Oleander.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Nerium oleander 2 2018-06-17.JPG|Leaves
File:Jardin des Plantes @ Paris (27933681020).jpg|Flowers
File:Nerium oleander20130119 41.jpg|Seeds
File:Nerium oleander 5Dsr 1378.jpg|Fruits
File:Nerium oleander 5Dsr 3609.jpg|Seeds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 85.</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2013/10/14/nerium-indicum-karavira-benefits-usage-side-effects-ayurveda-details/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Common names]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2013/10/14/nerium-indicum-karavira-benefits-usage-side-effects-ayurveda-details/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://ijpsr.com/bft-article/phytochemical-and-pharmacological-potential-of-nerium-oleander-a-review/?view=fulltext Chemical constituents]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]][[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photosApocynaceae]]
