Plantago major

Plantago major is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The plant is native to most of Europe and northern and central Asia, but has widely naturalised elsewhere in the world. Indian mangrove is an evergreen shrub or tree, usually growing 8 - 18 metres tall but exceptionally to 25 metres.

Uses

Irritable bowel syndrome, Diarrhea, Constipation,Hemorrhoids.

Parts Used

Seeds.

Chemical Composition

Among the flavonoids isolated are baicalein, hispidulin, plantaginin and scutellarein. These have free radical scavenging activity and inhibit lipid peroxidation, and the first 3 are anti-oxidants.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Ipati
Hindi	NA
Malayalam	Orayi
Tamil	Venkantal
Telugu	Tella mada
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	Baklananjhad
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Sagarodbhutah
English	Indian Mangrove

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

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the moist to wet tropics and subtropics, where it is always found at around sea-level near the coast.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Trophical areas.

External Links

• Plantego major on www.drugs.com