Botanical name : Dichrostachys cinerea (Linn.) Wight & Arn.
Family : Mimosaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Vellanthara, Veerataru
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English :
Hindi : Vartuli, Kheri
Malayalam : Vidattal, Veeravriksham
Distribution : In the dry areas in India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A many branched thorny shrub or small tree grows up to 3 m in height, branches and branchlcts armed with spiny tips. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, the main rachis often downy or softly pubescent with a small erect gland between each pair of pinnate, leaflets numerous, 10— 20 pairs; flowers numerous, minute, pink, yellow or red. sessile, polygamous, dimorphous in dense axillary or extra-axillary spikes, fruits glabrous, dark brown, sub-auriculated, coriaceous pods, twisted when mature; seeds ovoid to obovoid, and laterally compressed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, inflammation, arthralgia, elephantiasis, dyspepsia, diarrhea, vesical calculi and kidney disease Tile tender shoots are useful in disease of the eyes.
Useful part : Root, Tender shoot.
Photo :Dr. Vivek MD
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