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ABRUS PRECATORIUS


Name: ABRUS PRECATORIUS
Filename: Abrus_precatorius.JPG
Description:
Botanical name : Abrus precatorius Linn.
Family : Fabaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Gunja, Kakanantika, Kakapilu, Raktika, Kakadani
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Guru, Teekshna, Rooksha
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Jequirity, Indian liquorice, Wild liquorice
Hindi        : Gunchi, Ratti
Malayalam    : Kunni
Distribution – Throughout India, growing wild on bushes and hedges.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A deciduous climber with tough branches. Leaves pinnately compound with many pairs of leaflets, leaflets oblong; flowers pink, found in clusters arranged on one side of recemose inflorescence; fruits pods; seeds usually scarlet with black spot or pure white colored.    
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, vata, inflammation, vitiligo, skin disease, wounds, alopecia, asthma, stomatitis and fever.
Useful part    :    Root, Leaves, Seeds.

Photo : Dr. Eby Abraham MD

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