Morphological information

A shrub 1.2- 3 m high; young shoots more or less pubescent; leaves 2- pinnate; rhach is angled but hardly winged, pubescent; petioles not dilated at the base; leaflets 7.5-18 by 2.5- 4.5 cm; oblong or ovate- oblong, acuminate, irregularly serrate, more or less hairy on both surfaces, covered beneath with numerous flat circular disks; main nerves 7- 12 pairs, ascending, curved; petioles of the lateral leaflets 3- 6 mm, those of the terminal reaching 2.5 cm long. Flowers white, very shortly pedicelled in short compact pubescent cymes; bracts large, broadly ovate, obtuse, caducous. Calyx pubescent and sparsely covered with glandular disks outside, cleft about 1/4 the way down; lobes ovate, subacute. Lobes of the starninal tube oblong, bifid; anther united in bud. Berry 6 mm diameter depressed- globular, usually 2- 6 lobed, black when ripe.

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Parts                           : Roots and Stems.

Status                        : Low risk.

 

Ayurvedic

The root is bitter, acrid, hot, pungent; anthelmintic, vulnerary, antipyretic, alexiteric; useful in bronchitis, anaesthesia of skin, dyspepsia, bilious fevers, leprosy, itching and tuberculous ulcers.

 

Other                        :  The tubers and stems are astringent and mucilaginous.

 

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