Botanical name : Musa paradisiaca Linn.
Family : Musaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kadali, Kadalee, Varanabusa, Mocha, Mochaka, Rambha, Kashteela.
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura
Guna : Guru, Snigdha, Mridu, Seeta
Virya : Seeta
Vipaka : Madhura ( Amla for some varieties)
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Banana, Plantain
Hindi : Kela
Malayalam : Vazha, Kadalivazha
Distribution – Throughout India, cultivated.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large herbaceous plant with peculiar pseudo stem and underground stem. Leaves oblong, large, narrowed towards both end, with long spreading petiole, cover one on another forming the pseudo stem. Flowers unisexual, in drooping spikes, female at base and males at top. Fruits berries, golden yellow when ripe.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, over perspiration, burning sensation, neuropathy, bronchitis, kidney diseases edema and general debility. Plant leaves is used instead of serving plates in Kerala.
Useful part : Root, Leaves, Fruits, Stem.
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