Botanical name : Agave americana Linn.
Family : Amaryllidaceae (Agavaceae)
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kandala
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Tikta, Amla
Guna : Guru
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Century plant, American aloe
Hindi : Bharakhawar, Rakshpattah
Malayalam : Ageve, Anakaita, Eropakaita, Kandalachedi
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild, also cultivated as garden and hedge plant.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large shrub grows up to 4 meters in height. Leaves simple, stout, fleshy, leaf end on spine, and crowded in the base, flower stalk arises from the middle and grows up to 4 meters in height, with numerous greenish flowers and which yield seedlings even before shedding off from the plant.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, syphilis, scurvy, inflammation, dental caries, general debility, and even effective in rabies.
Useful part : Stem, Leaves.
Photo : Dr. Eby Abraham MD
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