CINNAMOMUM VERUM | DALCHINI

CINNAMOMUM VERUM(DALCHINI)

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Laurales

Family: Lauraceae

Genus: Cinnamomum

Species: C. zeylanicum

LOCAL NAME:-DALCHINI,

LAVANGPATI,

DARUSHILA

NATURE

:-It is a evergreen tree.

LEAVES

:-Leaves are large, elliptical, thick leathery and pointed at the tip. leaves are lighter in colored beneath

FLOWERS:Fowers are minute in large hairy clusters.

FRUITS:-Fruits are elliptical and about 1.8 cm long with dark purple.

LOCATION:-Mostly occurs in lower elevation even below 250m.

MEDICINAL USES

:-Its useful in vomiting. IT is commonly used as a coding

The oil obtained from the bark is called cinnamon. Bark oil. its used s a carminative. The oil obtained from the leaves is used as a flavorings agent and preservative for the sweets, soap etc. and local application on certain rheumatic pains.. other species CAMPHOR used in other way. and C.CAMPHORA, C.TAMALA IS USEFUL.

LAWSONIA INERMIS | MEHANDI

LAWSONIA INERMIS

kingdom: Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order Myrtales

Family: Lythraceae

Genus: Lawsonia

Species: L. inermis

LOCAL NAME :-MEHNDI

, MOHUZ,BENJATI,

GORNTI,MENDIKA

NATURE :-It’s a shrub.

its occur several parts of India mostly in the drier parts of the dry ground. but usually cultivated in dodges.

LEAVES :-Leaves are opposite with 3-4cm long and sharp point.

FLOWER :-Flowers are small with whitish or pinkish in colour in terminal large bunches.

FRUITS :-Fruits are mostly small like size of pea plant. And they are round with many seeds.

MEDICINAL USES:

This shrubs leaves have several medicinal properties.

They are acerbic and used as prophylactic against skin disease. The stewing of leaves is used as mouthwash in sore throat. The paste of leaves is mostly used for headache and burning sensation in feet. The bark and the seeds of this plant are also reported to be used in ayurvedic and unani medicine. the oil obtained from this shrub is used in perfumery purpose.

PINUS ROXBURGHII | CHIL

PINUS ROXBURGHII

FAMILY :-CONIFERAE

LOCAL NAME :- CHIR, TELLIA,CHIL

NATURE:-

It’s a tree.

which is found in the lower Himalaya and other hills of India.

LEAVES :-The leaves are typical needle which is 20-25 cm long in the cluster of the tree.

FRUITS :- male strobile small, female fruiting strobile 8-18 cm long, conic.

MEDICINAL USES

:-Its useful for obtaining oil of Turpentine by cleaning from turpentine. Which has simple action and mostly medicinal uses are because of that property. It controlled small doses it acts as a stilton expectorant and is useful in chronic bronchitis. It cures gassy colic. It has limited uses also in typhoid. The wood of the tree is largely used for various purpose, like house building, furniture, tea chests, match industry, and musical instruments.

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

classification of pudina

Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Lamiales

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Mentha

LOCAL NAME:-PUDINA

This plant ie 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 upto about 55 cm high.

Leaves upto 6 cm long. Flowers small, in small brunches, borne on axile leaves,medicinal seeds are also very useful.

MEDICINAL USES of pudina :- THE DRIED LEAVES AND FLOWERING TOPS OF THE PLANT MAKE THE DRUG PAPPOERMINT, this drug use IN TREATMENT OF VOMITING AND NAUSEA.BRUISHED LEWAVES ARE APPLIED IN HEADACHE AND OTHER PAIMS.

THE MAIN USE OF DRUGS IS OR EXTRACTION FOR PAPPERMINT OIL AND IS LARGELY USED IN MEDICINE FOR STOMACH DISORDERS THE OIL IS ALSIO 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

OCIMUM SANCTUM (TULSI)

FAMILY :-LAMIACEAE

LOCAL NAME :-TULSI

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

NATURE:

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

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

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

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

FRUITS :-Fruits small. Seeds yellowish or reddish.

LOCATION :- Mostly this plant grows in houses,

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

MEDICINAL USES :-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

Azadirachta indica | Neem

AZADIRACHTA INDICA

FAMILY :-MELIACEAE

LOCAL NAME :-NEEM

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Azadirachta
Species:	A. indica

IDENTIFICATION FROM

LEAF :- It has pinnate leaves, thats are divided into numerous smaller segments that segment called leaflets, hence each leaflets looking like an ordinary

FRUIT :-fruits are 1.3-1.6 cm long. fruits are mostly green or yellow. there one seed in each fruit

FLOWER :- Flowers mostly small in size , white, short in axillary bunches.

LOCATION :- This tree appear naturally in Deccan peninsula, and mostly road side .
its also cultivated near domicile places.

MEDICINAL USES :- Its bark used for tonic,and anti periodic.its useful in fever, its the periodic sequence of fevers and useful in skin disease also.its leaves are pleasant in test(bitter) and are largely applied to the skin disease.

LOCAL USES :- ITS TIMBER IS USEFUL FOR HOUSE BUILDING AND AGRICULTURE IMPLEMENT ALSO.DRIES ;LEAVES ARE PLACED AMONG CLOTHES TO KEEP MOTHS AWAY.