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Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum

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Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum is a spiny shrub that sometimes adopts a climbing habit. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and food. It is also occasionally cultivated in India.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Earlier researchers reported the presence of flavanoids, alkaloids, sterols and terpenes etc.[2]

Common names

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

[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

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of moist areas in the tropics and subtropics, ascending to 2,800 metres in the Himalayas, where the climate should be more temperate.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

References

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

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