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Phyllanthus maderaspatensis

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Phyllanthus maderaspatensis is an erect to spreading, unbranched to much-branched, annual to perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist for more than a year. It can grow up to 90cm tall, occasionally to 120cm. The plants are harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. They are traded locally in market places and are also sold for the commercial production of pharmaceutical products.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

It contains n-tetracosane, taraxeryl acetate, ester of β-sitosterol, taraxerol, hexacosane, 32-methyltritriacontanol-1, heptacosanol-14, 11-hydroxyhexacosan-3- one, tetracos-20(cn)-1,18-diol, β-sitosterol and oleana-11,13(18)dienc- 3β,24-diol etc.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಮದರಾಸ್ ನೆಲ್ಲಿ Madaraas nelli
Hindi Hajarmani, Kanocha
Malayalam
Tamil Nila-nelli
Telugu Nalla usirika
Marathi Bhuiavali
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Bhumyaamalaki
English Madras Leaf-Flower


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

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Scattered Obvate-cuneate Rounded or truncate at apex

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Obovate Male flowers minute. The female larger and solitory, pedicellate. 6 sepals

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsules Depressed Globose

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

It grows on a wide variety of soils, usually on heavy clay and alluvial soils of low-altitude river valleys, on river banks and in flood plains.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 305
  4. Cultivation

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