Botanical name : Caryota urens Linn.
Family : Palmae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Sreetala
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura
Guna : Guru
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Elephant’s palm, Fish-tail palm
Hindi : Mari, Mari ka jhat
Malayalam : Choondappana, Anappana, Eerampana
Distribution – Throughout India, growing wild.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A tall handsome palm grows up to 30 meters of height. Leaves 5-6 m long, bipinnate, drooping; leaflets are fish tail shaped. Flowers seen in peculiar pendular spadix, inflorescence is long, resembling a women’s hair. Flowers in a group of three, central female guarded by two male flowers. Fruits globose, reddish when ripe.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, hyperdipsia, arthritis, burning sensation, migraine and general weakness.
Useful part : Tender leaves, nuts, arrack obtained from flower stalk.
Photo : Dr. Eby Abraham MD
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