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'''Picea smithiana''' is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. An important timber tree that can yield excellent construction material of large size, it is much harvested from the wild for commercial use. The tree also has a range of traditional uses as a food and source of materials. It is grown as an ornamental, where its long needles, drooping branches and bright green seed cones make it an ornamental tree of considerable merit.
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
 
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==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Inner bark}}.
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
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It contains the major compounds of oil were delta-3-carene (26.0%), limonene (25.0%), βpinene (14.0%), and ά-pinene (6.6%). Therefore delta-3-carene (26.0%) and limonene
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(25.0%) determined the chemotype of the Kashmir P. smithiana oil etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
 
==Common names==
 
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==Habit==
 
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==Identification==
 
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==How to plant/cultivate==
 
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The climate is moist monsoon, with abundant precipitation in two rainy seasons, but becoming gradually drier in the western parts of the range. Some of the precipitation falls as snow which accumulates over winter.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
  
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
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==Photo Gallery==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"]</ref>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/191929/14/14_chapter%20%204.pdf Chemical constituents]</ref>
  
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<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref>
  
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Picea+smithiana Cultivation]</ref>
 
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
 
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/picea-smithiana/ Picea smithiana on plants.edu]
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* [https://conifersociety.org/conifers/picea-smithiana/ Picea smithiana on conifersociety.org]
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* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=285035 Picea smithiana on missouribotanicalgarden.org]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 2 July 2020

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Picea smithiana is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. An important timber tree that can yield excellent construction material of large size, it is much harvested from the wild for commercial use. The tree also has a range of traditional uses as a food and source of materials. It is grown as an ornamental, where its long needles, drooping branches and bright green seed cones make it an ornamental tree of considerable merit.

Uses

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Parts Used

Seeds, Inner bark.

Chemical Composition

It contains the major compounds of oil were delta-3-carene (26.0%), limonene (25.0%), βpinene (14.0%), and ά-pinene (6.6%). Therefore delta-3-carene (26.0%) and limonene (25.0%) determined the chemotype of the Kashmir P. smithiana oil etc.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


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

Evergreen tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings of semi-ripe terminal shoots, Cuttings of mature terminal shoots, Cuttings of soft to semi-ripe wood.

How to plant/cultivate

The climate is moist monsoon, with abundant precipitation in two rainy seasons, but becoming gradually drier in the western parts of the range. Some of the precipitation falls as snow which accumulates over winter.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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Photo Gallery

References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation

External Links