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[[File:Vateria indica 123.JPG|thumb|right|''Vateria indica'', ''Ajakarna'']]
 
[[File:Vateria indica 123.JPG|thumb|right|''Vateria indica'', ''Ajakarna'']]
  
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'''Ajakarna or Vateria indica, the white dammar''', is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae<ref name="family"/> family. It is endemic to India. It is threatened by habitat loss. This tree grows like a palm but has blunt thorns along its trunk. Common names are '''Damar''', '''Badasal''',<ref name="common names"/> etc
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'''Vateria indica''' is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is endemic to India. It is threatened by habitat loss. This tree grows like a palm but has blunt thorns along its trunk.  
  
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== Description ==
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
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White Damar is a tall tree generally up to 40 m sometimes going up to 60 m. Bark is greyish, smooth; blaze cream. Young branchlets are round, hairy. Branches exude resinous substance. Leaves are simple, alternate, spirallly arranged. Stipules are caducous. Leaf-stalks are 2-3.5 cm, swollen at apex, nearly hairless. Leaves are 8-27 x 4.5-10 cm, elliptic-oblong, tip abruptly long-pointed or blunt, base rounded to somewhat heart-shaped, margin entire, leathery, hairless. Midrib is flat above; secondary nerves 13-20 pairs, curved near margin, impressed above. Flowers are borne in panicles in leaf axils, with dense stellate hairs.<ref name="common names"/>
 
  
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== Uses ==
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}.
  
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*The resin extracted by scratching the tree's bark is used as incense in India. The resin is also used as an [[Ayurvedic medicine]]. Vateria indica oil is produced from the seeds.
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==Chemical Composition==
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*It is used in chronic bronchitis and throat troubles, piles, diarrhoea and etc.
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Bark contains Dl-epicatechin, fischinidol and afzetechin. Tree yields a resin which is a complex mixture of triterpenes. Seeds yield semi solid fat known as Piney tallow or Malabar tallow. Fruit shell yields tannins. Gum yields lipids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=Damar|ml=Baine, Kunturukkam|sa=|ta=Dhupa maram|te=|hi=Badasal|en=White Damar, Indian Copal}}
  
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==common names==
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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* '''English'''  - Piney
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===Rasa===
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* '''Kannada'''  - ರಾಲಾ
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Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
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* '''Hindi'''    - Safed Damar
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===Guna===
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Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)
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===Veerya===
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Ushna (Hot)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha, Vata
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===Prabhava===
  
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<references>
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==Habit==
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<ref name="common names">[https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Damar.html "Flowers of India"]</ref>
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{{Habit|Herb}}
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<ref name="family">[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VAIN5 "Vateria indica"]</ref>
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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A tree of low to moderate elevations in the moist, monsoonal tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,200 metres<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|west coastal evergreen forests of India}}, {{Commonly seen|secondary evergreen dipterocarp forest}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>  
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://herbs.indianmedicinalplants.info/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-plants/36-2012-02-18-18-09-08/93-vateria-indica "chemical constituents"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131226161459/http://www.wildflowers-guide.com/39-agrimony.html "wayback machine"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Vateria+indica "Cultivation details"]</ref>
 
</references>
 
</references>
  
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== External Links ==
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==External Links==
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* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20930407 Chemical constituents in the leaves of Vateria indica]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vateria_indica Vateria indica-Wikipedia]
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* [https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agrimonia+eupatoria]
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* [https://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/agrimony-herb.html]
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* [https://www.globalherbalsupplies.com/herb_information/agrimony.htm]
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* [https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/agrim015.html]
  
 
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Revision as of 12:48, 13 June 2018

Vateria indica, Ajakarna

Vateria indica is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is endemic to India. It is threatened by habitat loss. This tree grows like a palm but has blunt thorns along its trunk.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Seeds, Bark.

Chemical Composition

Bark contains Dl-epicatechin, fischinidol and afzetechin. Tree yields a resin which is a complex mixture of triterpenes. Seeds yield semi solid fat known as Piney tallow or Malabar tallow. Fruit shell yields tannins. Gum yields lipids.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Damar
Hindi Badasal
Malayalam Baine, Kunturukkam
Tamil Dhupa maram
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English White Damar, Indian Copal


Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long Yellow 5-20 Flowers Season is June - August

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown With hooked hairs {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A tree of low to moderate elevations in the moist, monsoonal tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,200 metres[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

west coastal evergreen forests of India, secondary evergreen dipterocarp forest.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "chemical constituents"
  2. ↑ "wayback machine"
  3. ↑ "Cultivation details"

External Links

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