Saturday, March 8, 2008

TAMARINDUS INDICA | IMALI

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.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Saraka indica | ashoka tree

SARACA INDICA
SARACA INDICA
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.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

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