Botanical name : Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Mirb. (Abies webbiana Lindl.)
Family : Pinaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Talisam, Talisapatram
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : East Himalayan silver fir
Hindi : Talispatra, Tails patri
Malayalam : Taleesapatram
Distribution : Upper Himalayan tracts.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A tall evergreen coniferous tree grows up to 60 m with strong horizontally spreading branches, young shoots covered with short brown hair; leaves simple, densely covering the twigs spreading in all directions, each leaf 1.5-2.3 cm long; the cones are bluish in color, seeds winged.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, cough, asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, diarrhea, epilepsy, vomiting, hoarseness, hiccough, fever and emaciation.
Useful part : leaves
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