AMOORA ROHITUKA

 
AMOORA ROHITUKA
Filename: Amoora_rohituka_.jpg
Description:
Botanical name : Amoora rohituka (Roxb.) Wight & Am.),
Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) Parker
Family : Meliaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Roheetaka

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya, Katu  
Guna   : Lakhu
Virya   : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     :     Rohituka tree
Hindi        :     Harin-hara
Malayalam    :     Chemmaram
Distribution : Throughout India in dense evergreen forests.

PLANT DESCRIPTION
Moderate to big sized tree grows up to 30 meters in height.  bark greyish brown to dark brown, rough, exfoliating in circular flakes, wood reddish brown, leaves large, imparipinnate. leaflets opposite, elliptic-oblong or blong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces; male flowers numerous in axillary panicles, female or bisexual flowers larger than male in axillary or supra-axillary solitary spikes; fruits globular, smooth, yellow when ripe, seeds with scarlet aril.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, and pitta splenomegaly, liver disorders, tumor, ulcer, dyspepsia, intestinal worms, skin diseases, diabetes, eye diseases, jaundice, hemorrhoids, burning sensation, rheumatoid arthritis and leucorrhoea
Useful part    :    bark, seeds