TAMARINDUS INDICA | IMALI

TAMARINDUS INDICA

LOCAL NAME :- IMLI

Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Detarieae
Genus:
Tamarindus
Species:
T. indica
NATURE:-
This is a large tree.

LEAVES:-Leaves are compound, leafletswehere12-20 pairs, about1.2cm long

FLOWERS:-Flowers in yellowish with reddish streaks, in small erect clusters among the leaves.

FRUITS:-Fruits 5-15 cm long 3-4 cm broad, fleshy, and pendulous, which is brown in colour seeds dark brown and shining.

LOCATION:- these trees occurs almost in central and southern part of India.

MEDICINAL USES OF TAMARINDUS INDICA (IMALI):-
It is useful in fever, as a laxative it is taken singly or in mixture with other purgative drugs. When mixed with other purgative drugs it reduces their laxative property.
The wood of this tree is resistant to insect attacks and is largely used for agriculture instruments it makes good charcoal and is used for gunpowder. Leaves yield a yellow dye. The acid flesh of the fruits is used for cleaning silver and jelly industry, seed powder is used for size certain types of cloth and as wood cement.

Saraka indica | ashoka tree

Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Order : Fabales

Family : Fabaceae

Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae

Tribe : Detarieae

Genus : Saraca

Species : S. asoca

Nature of ashoka tree
This is a small tree.

LEAVES :-Leaves are compound and evergreen which forming dense crown, where leaflets 7-24cm long and slightly leathery.

FLOWERS :-Flowers are bright in orange colour mostly sometimes they are in yellow. Three color is due to there bract, in small dense bunches.

FRUIT :- Fruits 12-20 cm long , flat seed many.

LOCATION :-This tree mostly occurs in central and eastern part in India.

Medicinal uses of ashoka tree

:-Its mostly used as an astringent of excessive menstruation as a uterine sedative. It can be used as a substitute or Ergot in treatment of uterine haemorrhages.

Many fraction isolated from the bark of the tree have been tested for there utility in uterine disorders, but the results were negative.

Flowers pounded and mixed with water are useful in haemorrhagic dysentery. Seeds are reported to be useful in urinary discharges.

MENTHA SPECIES | pudina

Scientific classification of pudina and Image.
kingdom: plantae

division: magnoliophyta

class: magnoliopsida

order: lamiales

family: lamiaceae

genus: mentha



Local and common name:-Pudina ,Pudinhara ,
This plant is related to the menthe genus and its aromatic herbs.
many more species grows wild; some of there cultivated.
the chief constituent for which these plants are valued are menthol and peppermint oil.
this medicinal plant is an erect branched herb up to about 55 cm high.
leaves up to 6 cm long. flowers small, in small brunches, borne on axile leaves,medicinal seeds are also very useful.
Medicinal uses of pudina plant :- The dried leaves and flowering tops of the plant make the drug peppermint, this drugs use in treatment of vomiting and nausea. bruised leaves are applied in headache and other pains.
the main use of drugs is or extraction for peppermint oil and is largely used in medicine for stomach disorders the oil is also antiseptic at here is several name of (pudina) like koshu ,horsemint

WITHANIA SOMANIFERA | ASHVAGANDHA

WITHANIA SOMANIFERA (ASHVAGANDHA)

Kingdom : Plantae

Subkingdom : Tracheobionta

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Subclass : Asteridae

Order : Solanales

Family : Solanaceae

Genus : Withania

Species : W.SOMANIFERA

INDIAN NAME:- ASHVAGANDHA,AMUKKIRAN,GHODA,ASOR..

NATURE :’-its is asmall middle-sized under shrub, to the height of 1.4 m, stem and branches covered with minute star- shaped hairs.

LEAVES : leaves up to 10 cm long, ovate, hairy like branched.

FLOWER :-flowers are pale green, small about 1 cm long, few flower borne, smooth red, enclosed in the inflated and membranous calyx.

MEDICINAL USES:-ASHVAGANDHA IS USEFUL IN CONSUMPTION ND SEXUAL AND RHEUMATION. IT IS DIUTERIC.IT PROMOTES URINATION ACTS AS A NARCOTIC ND REMOVES FUNCTIONAL OBSTRUCTION OF BODY .THE ROOT POWDER IS APPLIED LOCALLY ON ULCERS AND INFLAMMATIONS.

THE ANTIBIOTIC AND ANTIBIOTICAL ACTIVITY OF THE ROOTS AS WELL AS LEAVES HAS RECENTLY BEEN SHOWN EXPERIMENTALLY..

WITHANIA COAGULENSE OCCURS IN NORTH WESTERN INDIA.ITS FRUITS ARE USEFUL IN DIGESTIVE AND LIVER COMPLAINTS.

Ocimum Sanctum Tulsi

Family and images of Ocimum Sanctum (Tulsi)

Family:-Lamiaceae

Local and common name:-Tulsi

Kingdom:Plantae Division:Magnoliophyta Class:Magnoliopsida Order:Lamiales Family:Lamiaceae Genus:Ocimum

About Nature:

It’s branched erect herb about 80cm high, and hairy all over.

Leaves:-leaves opposite, about 6cm long, margins entire.

hairy on upper as well as lower surface, dotted with minute glands.

About Flowers :- small, purplish or reddish , in small compact clusters on slender spikes.

Fruits :-Fruits small. Seeds yellowish or reddish.

About Location :- Mostly this plant grows in houses,

gardens and most probably in temples and often found as escape.

Medicinal uses of Tulsi :-this plants seeds and leaves are medicinal.

From leaves oil obtained the property of that oil to destroying bacteria and insects.

the liquid of the leaves useful in bronchitis, digestive complaints,

it is applied locally on ringworm and other skin disease an exotic

east African of this genus namely guarke. It has been cultivated in India in Kashmir.

Utter Pradesh, west Bengal Mysur.

its seeds give internally, relive constipation and piles

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS | saptparni

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS

FAMILY :-APOCYNACEAE
COMMON NAME :- hindi:-chhatin
Gujrati:-saptparna
Marathi:-satvin
English name:- Devil”s tree

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Tribe:	Plumeriae
Subtribe:	Alstoniinae
Genus:	Alstonia
Species:	A. scholaris

LOCATION:-
it is Large green reaching up to about 25m high ; having bitter milky juice: bark rough, dark grey; branches whorled; base of the tree often fluid or buttressed. Leaves leathery,10-20 cm long,4-7 in a whorl. Flowers small, greenish white, spice-scented in many- flowered clusters. Fruits very long, 30-60 cm, narrow and slender in pairs and forming dence clusters.


MEDICINAL USES:-
Chhatim is the dried bark of the tree.
This drug is considered very efficacious in chronic diarrhea and dysentery. It is useful in material fever and brings down the temperature gradually and with ought causing perspiration or exhaustion, which usually follow other medicine for malaria.
Chhatim is useful also in skin diseases.
OTHER USES
The wood of the tree is used for inferior quality furniture, packing cases, tea boxes, pencils and matchsticks.the timber of the tree was ysed in olden times for making wooden slates for school children ; this was the origin of the specific name scholaris for the plant.

GREATER GALANGAL | adrak

GREATER GALANGAL

FAMILY :-ZINGIBERACEAE

BOTANICAL NAME :-ALPINIA GALANGA

COMMON NAME :-KULINJAN

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:	Alpinioideae
Tribe:	Alpinieae
Genus:	Alpinia
Species:	A. galanga

DESCRIPTION :-A herbaceous plant up2 m high; leaves long, narrow, green above, pale beneath, whitish on margins, median nerve very strong. Flowers about 3 cm long, greenish, white, in compound dense bunches; lip of corolla white, streaked with red. Fruits orange-red, size of small cherry. Rhizomes slightly aromatic.

DISTRIBUTION :- The plants occurs naturally in the easter Himalayas and the Western Ghats; it is also cultivated at several places.

MEDICINAL USES :-Greater Galangal is the dried rhizome of this plant. It is useful in rheumatisms, respiratory complaints, specially of children, and in bronchial catarrh. The drugs is also considered useful in stomach complaints and as a tonic, deodorant and disinfectant.It is a stimulant aromatic like ginger.

OTHER SPECIES
:-Another important species of the genus Alpinia is a .offcinarum hance(lesser galangal); it is native of china. The rhizomes obtained from the Chinese species have stronger odour and taste. The plant is extensively cultivated in Bengal and northern India

ADHATODA ZEYLANICA | ADULSA

Scieitific classification of Adhatoda  zeylanica and Image.
Family:-Acanthaceae
common and local names:-
Hindi:-Adusa
Marathi:-Adulsa
Sanskrit:-Vasaka

Description of Adulsa:-A tall much-branched, dence, evergreen shrub, with large, lance-shaped leaves. Flowers in dense, short spikes; stalks of the spike shorter than leaves. Leaves-like structure called bracts, present on the spikes; these are conspicuously veined. Corolla(the whorls of petals) of the flower is white few purplish markings. Fruits capsular, 4-seeded.

Medicinal uses of Adulsa : The "drug use" from the fresh or dried leaves of the plant. Leaves contain an alkaloid vasicine, and an essential oil. The chief use of vasaka is as an expectorant; it is given in the form of juice, syrup or decoration, It softens the thick sputum, facilitates its coming out and thus bring about quick relief in bronchitis. The expectorant activity is due to stimulation of bronchial glands. Larger doses can, however, cause irritation and vomiting. Recent experiments have confirmed the usefulness
of vasaka.

• The leaves of this plant are also utilized as green manure and for yielding a yellow dye.
• Due to the presence of certain alkaloids, the leaves are not easily attacked by fungi and insects, and are, therefore, used in packing or storing fruits.
• The leaves emit an unpleasant smell and are spared from browsing; the plan is, therefore, suitable for planting in soil reclamation programmed, seesd are also useful..
more plants species are there....

ACALYPHA INDICA | khokahli

ACALYPHA INDICA khokahli

FAMILY:- Euphorbiaceae
Common name:-
Hindi:- khokali,kuppi

Medicinal uses of ACALYPHA INDICA :- the whole plant of this herb collected in its flowering stages; and dried, constituents the drugs Acalypha.

The properties of this drug resemble those of Ipecac.it is useful in broncitis
,asthma, pneumonia and rheumatism, its roots and leaves have laxative properties. juice of leaves is considered an efficient emetic, that is ,a medicine for causing vomiting. A product of fresh leaves is useful on ulcers.

nature- An annual herb, up about 75cm high. Leaves 3-8cm long ,ovate, thin usually 3-nerved;margins of the leaves toothed; leafstalks longer than leaves. flowers auxiliary erect spikes; female flower supported by conspicuous wedge-shaped bracts: male flower : minute , borne towards the top of their spike. Fruits small, hairy, concealed in the bracts.

ACORUS CALAMUS | BHUTA | Gorabach | Vekhand

ACORUS CALAMUS

FAMILY :- AREACEAE

INDIAN NAME

Hindi :-Gorabach

Marathi :-Vekhand

Sanskrit :-Bhuta-nasini

Classification :-

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order: Acorales

Family: Acoraceae

Genus: Acorus

Species: A. calamus

NATURE :-A herbaceous plant with long, creeping and much-branched aromatic rhizomes.Flowering shoots supported by a large leaf like structure called spathe. Flowers small, pale-green , in 5-10 cm long cylindric spikes called spadix; fruits yellowish in colour.

MEDICINAL USES The dried rhizomes of the plant constitute the drug Calamus and are used in medicine.

Due to presence of a volatile oil, Calamus acts as a carminative, that is , it relieves flatulence and feelingof overfulness of stomach, and increase appetite.It is considered a household ramedy for an flatulent colic.Due to its essential oil contents, its act as an expectorant, that is ,it promotes flow of bronchial secretions and is useful in diarrhea and dysentery. Calamus also acts as emetic, and larger doeses can causes violent vomiting.

The leaves and rhizomes are also used for flavouring drinks , for for prfumary roots are used as vermifuge. The oil from the rhizome is good nerve-stimulant and the essential-oil-free alcoholic extract show marked sedative and analgesic.The antibacterial activity of the rhizome has recently been shown experimentally.