Friday, July 11, 2008

MADHUCA INDICA | MAHUA | POONAM | MOHA

MADHUCA INDICA | MAHUA | POONAM | MOHA
Scientific classification of  madhuca indica | mahua
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: ericales
Family: sapotaceae
Genus: madhuca
Species: m. Longifolia
Common name ;- mahua, mahuva, ippe, poonam, moha, mohoka, illupai:- ..etc.
Nature:-it is a tree.
Leaves:-leaves are 10 – 30 centemeter long. Leaves are thick and leathery most of leaves pointed at the tip.
Flowers:-flowers are small and fleshy. Flowers are dull or pale white in colour.
Fruits:-in size fruits arec 2 – 6 centemeter long, fleshy and greenish.
Medicinal uses of madhuca indica (mahua):-this trees bark,leaves,fruits, flowers and seeds everything is useful in the making of drugs.
Barks useful in bleeding gums and ulcers, and also useful in the diabetes.
Moha leaves mixed with butter and applied on the burns.
Flowers are useful in the cough.
This trees seeds are useful in making of soaps and good useful in skin diseases.

HEMIDESMUS INDICUS | ANANTMUL

HEMIDESMUS INDICUS  |  ANANTMUL
Scientific classification of  hemidesmus indicus  |  anantmul
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: gentianales
Family: apocynaceae
Subfamily: asclepiadoideae
Genus: hemidesmus
Species: h. Indicus
Common names:-anantmul, anantvel, salsa ,nannari..etc..
Nature:-it is arecurrent creeper.
Leaves:-leaves are large in shape and size..mostly leaves are 5-12 centemeter with dark green in colour.
Flowers:-flowers are very small,mostly they are greenish with compact clusters.
Fruits:-fruits are 29 cm long. They are pointed at the tip.seeds are black.
Medicinal uses of hemidesmus indicus (anantmul):-the drugs obtained by this plants through there dried roots which is useful in fever and also in skin diseases .
This drug has another most useful properties that is to purify the blood.
This plant gives re-freshness after chewing.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

EMBELIA TSJERIAM COTTAM | AMBATI

EMBELIA TSJERIAM COTTAM  | AMBATI
Embelia tsjeriam cottam  | ambati
Common names:-bhungi,gaiya,vaivarang, ambati, nununiya..etc..
Nature:-it is a small tree.
Leaves:-laeveas are large upto 10 centemeter long.
Flowers:-flowers are in short with pale green in colour.
Fruits:-fruits pointed, and small.
Medicinal uses of embelia tsjeriam cottam (amabti):-the drug obtained by this plants through there dried fruits.
That drug useful in the treatments of the tapewarms.
Embelia has there laxative property that’s why they are useful to destroy earthworms..

COSTUS SPECIOSUS | KUSHTA

COSTUS SPECIOSUS  | KUSHTA
Scientific classification of  costus speciosus  | kushta
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: liliopsida
Order: zingiberales
Family: costaceae
Genus: costus
Species: c. Speciosus
Common names:-kust,pokaramul,penva,keoli,kimuka,chinnkoova.. Etc..
Nature:-it is a herb.
Leaves:-leaves are mostly big with 12-35 centemeter long.they are mostly without petiole.
Flowers:-flowere are white in colour with red bracts.
Fruits:- fruits are red in colour with black seeds..
Medicinal uses of costus speciosus(kushta):-drugs obtained by this plants through
There fresh and dried rhizomes.
Roots uses as making for tonic.
Roots are also useful in fever.
The rhizomes is comestible later cooking ,which is rich in starch..

COPTIS TEETA | TITA

COPTIS TEETA  | TITA
Scientific classification of coptis teeta | tita
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: ranunculales
Family: ranunculaceae
Genus: coptis
Species: c. Teeta

Common names :- mamira, tita, mamira,..etc..
Leaves:-leaves are compound,, leaflets, with 8 centimeter long .
Flowers:- flowers are small . White in colour ,seeds black.
Fruits:-fruits has many seeded follicles.
Medicinal uses of coptis teeta (tita) :-drugs obtained by his plants roots.
Which is used as tonic and also useful in irregular fever.
The drug shows sell abroad meaning.

COLCHICUM LUTENUM | HIRANTUTIYA

COLCHICUM LUTENUM  | HIRANTUTIYA
Colchicum lutenum
Common nmes:-irkim, moond, suranjam-karvi, hiranyatuh..etc..
Nature:- this plant is annual herb.
Leaves:-leaves are very narrow .
Flowers:-flowers are large with near about 4 centimeter diameter.
Fruits:-fruits mostly 2 to 4 centimeter long.
Medicinal uses of colchicum lutenum (hirantutiya):- earlier in time when flowering not came the fresh stalk of this plant collected to obtained a drug known as colchicum stalk.
And mature seeds gives colchicum seed drug.
The stalk contain a most important colchicines which is useful in the pains and rubor of the urarthritis.
The drug which obtained by the seeds are also used same like a stalks.
Colchicine is also useful in the scientific research……

Monday, July 7, 2008

CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA | ipecac

CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA | ipecac
Kingdom: plantae
division: magnoliophyta
class: magnoliopsida
order: gentianales
family: rubiaceae
genus: psychotria

species: p. Ipecacuanha
Common names:-ipecac..etc..
Nature:-it is a herb.
Leaves:- leaves in opposite pairs with pointed tips.
Flowers :- flowers are small. Mostly flowers are white in colour and in small bunches.
Medicinal uses:- the drug which obtained by this plants is useful in amoebic dysentery.
When it is given in large amount it brings vomiting that’s why it is applied to relief in cough.
Most of places its well known as ipecac. Which roots has lots of sell abroad potential..

CENTRATHERUM ANTHELMINTICUM | KALIJIRI

CENTRATHERUM ANTHELMINTICUM  | KALIJIRI
Common names:-banjira,somraj,somraji,kalijiri, kalenjiri, jangali jiri, kalen jiri.. Etc..

Nature:-it is straight big herb.

Leaves:-leaves are covered with hair. Leaves are mostly 7-8 cm long. Their margin are notched .

Flowers:-flowers head 1.5-2.54 cm in diameter. & each head with 30-40 minute purplish flowers.

Fruits:- it is 4.4-6.6mm long,cylindrical & hairy with 10 narrow ridges.

Medicinal uses:-this plant is useful as a refreshment and sterile for promoting urination. Its effectiveness in thread worm infections has been confirmed in test in hospitals.