Botanical name : Avicennia officinalis Linn
Family : Avicenniaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Agnimukha, Agnisikha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Mangrove
Hindi : Bina
Malayalam : Kandal, Vallakandal
Distribution – Growing naturally along the sea shores and river banks in costal areas of India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large shrub or small tree with numerous supporting stilt roots, and breathing roots. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous and obtuse. Flowers yellowish, in terminal or axillary clusters. Fruits capsules, contain single seed, sprouts even before it fall off from the tree.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, inflammation, diarrhea, dysentery, menorrhagia, leucorrhea, wounds, boils, and viral infections. Plant has aphrodisiac property.
Useful part : Leaves, Bark.
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