Botanical name : Juglans regia Linn. var. kumaonia DC
Family : Juglandaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Akshota, Akshotaka
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura, Kashaya
Guna : Guru
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Walnut
Hindi : Akhor, Akhrot
Malayalam : Akrot, Akshotaka vriksham
Distribution : Cultivated in the Himalayas.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A moderate to large sized deciduous monoecious tree grows up to 35 meters in height. Bark grey, longitudinally fissured; leaves alternate, imparipinnate; leaflets entire, aromatic; flowers small, yellowish green, male in pendulous slender catkins, female in 1-3 flowered terminal catkins; fruits drupes. 5 cm long with leathery exocarp. Wrinkled, hard endocarp enclosing 4-lobed, corrugated, oily, edible seed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, rheumatism, sexual weakness, loss of memory, mental disease, colic, diarrhea worm infestation skin disease and general weakness.
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