Ricinus communis | erand | arandi |bherenda | Haralu

Ricinus communis
Common names:-erand, arandi,bherenda. Haralu etc..
Nature:- it is a shrub.
Leaves:-leaves are bulky, circular in outline, broad and partially separated into 7 lobes.
Flowers:-flowers mostly bulky in size with in big incurable bunches.
Fruits:-fruits are like a thorny container , somewhat noticeable into six parts.seeds four-sided figure , seed –coat crustaceous.
Medicinal uses:-this plants seeds are useful in the medicine. The seeds are toxic and yet 3 or 4 seeds can be lethal. Oil which obtained from the seeds known as castor-oil, which is used as laxative. Castor-oil is used in marketing in birth control device jellies and creams.

DIGITALIS PURPUREA | TILPUSHPI

DIGITALIS PURPUREA

COMMON NAMES:-Tilpushpi..etc

NATURE:It is a permanent herb.which has height about 1.4 meter.

LEAVES:-Lower basal leaves are long-stalked.thats opposite upper basal leaves almost without stalks.

FLOWERS:-Flowers are mostly 7 cm long in white or purple colour, with rough lobes.

FRUITS:- Fruits are likely elliptical in shape.

MEDICINAL USES:-Mostly the drug initiated by this plants dried leaves. the leaves dries upto 65 degree temperature. Important uses of this drug is in heart disease. This drug Give a promotion to and causes the activity of all muscle tissue which is almost uses in the case of crowded heart collapse.

EPHEDRA GERARDIANA | asmaniya | khanda | budshur..

EPHEDRA GERARDIANA

COMMON NAMES:-asmaniya,khanda,budshur

NATURE:-It is a small shrub. It is a shrub which has height about 1 meter. mostly there steems are timbered lower, branches almost look like whorled which are initially a little scattering and after that climbing upwards.

LEAVES:-leaves compact to little 2- notched sheath.

FLOWERS: flowers jointly in ovate point.

FRUITS:-fruits are mostly 9 mm long , ovoid , red , and they are luscious bracts.

MEDICINAL USES:-the drug which obtained from this is useful as a stimulant for heart. In the cases where heart is affected by infections of pneumonia. . it has been also used in rashes.

EUPHORBIA HIRTA | NELAPALAI

COMMON NAMES:-lal dudhi, barker, dudheli, accegida, nelapalai, nanabala etc..

NATURE:-its an annual herb.which is erect upto 45 cm high.

LEAVES:-mostly leaves in opposite pairs small, upto about 5 cm long.dark green on upper portion.

FLOWERS:-flowers whitish , minute , in small , axiallary, stalked clusters.

FRUITS:-fruits small, 1-2 mm diameter, hairy;sedds 3-angled, wrinkled, light reddish brown.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:-

The entire plant, collected in the flowering and fruiting stage and dried, constitutes the drugs. The leaves of euphorbia hirta are eaten as vegetable. The plants promotes formation and flow of milk. The roots of the plants useful to stop vomiting. The milky juice of the plants is applied on warts.

SWERTIYA CHIRAYATA | karaya

Classification of SWERTIYA CHIRAYATA

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Gentianales

Family: Gentianaceae

Genus: Swertia

Common names of swertiya chirayata:-nelabevu,kirata-tikta,nila vembu,chirata..

NATURE:-It is a herb with height of 1.6 cm. The plant prefers light , medium and heavy soils.

LEAVES:-Leaves are mostly appears in opposite pairs, about 12 cm long, withought stalk.

FLOWERS:-Flowers are mostly pale green , tinged with purple. Itsflowering appears from September to October.

FRUITS:-Fruits are likely8 mm long and ovoid in shape.

MEIDCINAL USES:-chirayata is known as its bitter properties.it is given in malerial fever.it is given in fever and weakness. It is well known for its stomachal property also. It also contains xanthones, which are reputedly effective against malaria and tuberculosis, and also amarogentin, a glycoside that may protect the liver against carbon tetrachloride poisoning.

STERCULIYA URENS | karaya

STERCULIYA URENS karaya

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Malvales

Family: Sterculiaceae

Genus: Sterculia

COMMON NAMES OF STERCULIYA URENS:-gulu, karai, kandol, thondi,kulu,ponaku

NATURE:-It is a normal size deciduous tree, Noticeable in an unpleasant way in the forest by its white or greenish-white and shining and also by the smooth paper bark.

LEAVES:-Leaves are mostly crowded at the end of the branches, which is in diameter by 25-45 cm,with their shallowely 5-lobed,with densely hairy on under surface.

FLOWERS:-Flowers are mostly yellowish –brown in colour, small ..in large with very densely hairy erect bunches.

FRUITS:-Fruits are mostly thick in size and they are in red carpels densely covered with stinging hairs.

MEDICINAL USES:-The gum release from the stem of the tree has its medicinal uses:, that is called karaya gum.that is used as a mechanical purgative.the karaya gum when applied to the skin has a softer

Softer action than tragacanth gum. The wood of this tree is used for mostly domestic purpose.. like a doors ,paking cases, carving etc.. the seeds of the plants are nontoxic. The gum is eaten in East Indian cookery (curries).

Bilimbi | Averrhoa

BILIMBI ( Averrhoa)

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Oxalidales

Family: Oxalidaceae

Genus: Averrhoa

Species: bilimbi

it is essentially a tropical tree, which has lower resistant to cold than the carambola, it grows most of in rich and

well-drained soil. It favours mostly distributed rainfall throughout the year, .. this tree requires protection from wind and cold.



Nature:
The bilimbi tree is long-lived, reaches 2-3 m in height. Its trunk is short and quickly divides up into branching. Bilimbi

Leaves:-

leaves, 6-49 cm long,and they are alternate, imparipinnate and cluster at branch extremities. There are around 9 to 16

Flowers:-

Its flowers, like its fruits, are found in hairy panicles that directly emerge from the trunk as well as from the oldest, most solid branches. The yellowish or purplish flowers are tiny, fragrant and have 5 petals.

fruits:-

The bilimbi fruit's form ranges from ellipsoid to almost cylindrical. Its length is 4-10 cm. The bilimbi is 5-sided, but in a less marked way than the carambola. At the stem's end, the fruit is capped with a star-shape calyx. If unripe, it is bright green and crispy. It turns yellowish as it ripens. The flesh is juicy, green and extremely acidic. The fruit's skin is glossy and very thin
Seeds are small (4 mm) and brown. They are form is disc-like and flattened


Medicinal uses:-

mostly the leaves serve as a paste on itches, swelling, rheumatism, mumps or skin eruptions. In or to another place, they re used for bites of poisonous creatures. A leaf infusion is efficient against or as an after-birth tonic,.

PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM | Bijasal

PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM(Bijasal)

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Fabales

Family: Fabaceae

Subfamily: Faboideae

Tribe: Dalbergieae

Genus: Pterocarpus

Species: P. marsupium

COMMON NAME:-Bijasal,Bibla,Honi,Vengai

OPERCULINA TURPETHUM | nishottra| PITHORI | NSHTAR | NISOT | NISHOTTRA | NISOTI | TELLATEGADHA

OPERCULINA TURPETHUM

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Solanales

Family: Convolvulaceae

Genus: Operculina

Species: O. turpethum

COMMON NAME:-PITHORI, NSHTAR, NISOT, NISHOTTRA, NISOTI, TELLATEGADHA

Nature:-It isa large twining herb with milky juice: root long

PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA | BAKHUCHI

PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Fabales

Family: Fabaceae

Subfamily: Faboideae

Tribe: Psoraleeae

Genus: Psoralea

Common Name:-Bachi, latakasturi,sugandha kantak,kala gija,bakhuchi…

Nature:-It is an posture herb, and with densely glands –dotted branches.

Leaves:-Mostly leaves are round in shape, dotted with black glands on the both surfaces.

Flowers:-Flowers are small, bluish purple , with 12-35 bunches , arising in axile of leaves.

Fruits:-mostly FRUITS ARE BLACK,ROUND IN SHAPE WITH CLOSELY PITTED;; SEED ONE , SMOOTH.

MEDICINAL USES:-SEEDS OF THIS PLANTS COMPOSE THE DRUG.

The seed contain an essential oil which is very effective on certain bacteria causing skin disease. Roots of the plants are reporetd to be useful in caries of teeth: and the leaves in diarrhea