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May 21, 2013

Zanthoxylum rhetsa



Name: Zanthoxylum rhetsa
 
Filename: Zanthoxylum_rhetsa.JPG
Description:

Botanical name : Zanthoxylum rhetsa (Roxb) DC.
Family : Rutaceae


SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

 
Lakhuvalkala, Bidalaghni, Asvaghra


AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

 
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya   : Ushna


PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES


English  : Indian prickly ash-tree
Hindi  : Badrang
Malayalam : Mullilam, Mulliyllam, Karimurikku, Kattumurikku
Distribution – Throughout Western Ghats, growing wild in semi deciduous forests.


PLANT DESCRIPTION


A moderate sized armed tree grows up to 35 meters in height. Leaves compound, imparipinnate and crowded at the end of branches. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous and scenty. Flowers yellowish green, small, in terminal panicles. Fruits small globose, fragrant berries contain single seed.


MEDICINAL PROPERTIES


Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, asthma, bronchitis, cardiac ailments, stomatitis, pyorrhea, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, arthritis, boils, ulcers, poison, and traumatic eye injury.
Useful part : Bark, Leaves, Seeds. 

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