Botanical name : Quercus infectoria Oliv
Family : Cupuliferae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Mayaphala, Chidraphala, Mayika,
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Kashaya    
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     :     Gall, Magic nut
Hindi        :     Jalbent
Malayalam    :     Attuvanji, Puzavanni, Neervanji
Distribution : U.A.E., Asia minor, Syria, Persia.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A big shrub to a small tree grows up to the height of 8 meters.  Leaves  long, oblong with dentate margins. Flowers unisexual. Fruits small, round, yellowish with a single seed. An insect called Sinips galli tinctoria sucks the juice from its branches and makes a cocoon-like shelter for itself in which it lays its eggs. This is called mayaphala
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, inflammation, wound, bleeding, diarrhea, dysentery, bleeding piles, leucorrhea, and poison (for stomach wash in case of poison ingestion)
Useful part    :    Gall.

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