| Ailment
|
this herb is reported to be effective in:
>Stomach ache +
, >Anemia +
, >Cough +
, and cold +
, >Diaphoretic +
, >Laxative +
, >Potent antidote for snake and rat bites
>Nephrotic syndrome
>Hepatitis +
, >Gall bladder abnormalities
>Urinary disorders
>The flowers and seeds are used as contraceptive +
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| Ailment type
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Common ailments +
, Organ-specific disorders +
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| Bloom type
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Perennial +
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| Class
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Magnoliopsida +
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| Commercial application
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Human consumption +
, Animal consumption +
, Medicinal use +
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| Common Indian names
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Punarnava, Satha (Hindi);Adakaputtana gida (Kannada) +
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| Common hindi name
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Punarnava, Satha +
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| Common name
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Red hogweed, Tar Vine, Red Spiderling, Wineflower +
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| Division/Phylum
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Magnoliophyta +
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| Family
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Nyctaginaceae +
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| Floral symmetry
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Radial +
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| Flower color
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Blue +
, Lavender/Purple +
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| Food plant part
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Root +
, Leaves +
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| Food use
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Yes +
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| Food use description
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>Roots is eaten as vegetable, in currie … >Roots is eaten as vegetable, in curries and soups.
>It is used as bird feed or poultry feed.
>This plant is used as feed to sheep, goats, and cows, and in West Bengal and is believed to enhance lactation period and also the amount of milk in cattle.iod and also the amount of milk in cattle. +
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| Genus
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Boerhavia +
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| Habitat details
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B. diffusa is widely dispersed, occurring … B. diffusa is widely dispersed, occurring throughout India, the Pacific, and southern United States. This wide range is explained by its small fruit, which are very sticky and grow a few inches off the ground, ideally placed to latch on to small migratory birds as they walk by. to small migratory birds as they walk by. +
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| Header caption
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A plume moth pollinating the B. diffusa flowers +
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| Header image
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Plume moth on Boerhavia diffusa W IMG 1002.jpg +
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| Herbarium institutes
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK) +
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| Introdescription
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''Boerhavia diffusa'' is a weed growing in … ''Boerhavia diffusa'' is a weed growing in many parts of India. It had edible leaves. Roots of this plant are used by many tribes in India for their analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. The name ''Punarnava'' means that which rejuvenates. This plant is an ingredient of Dabur Chawanprash.ant is an ingredient of Dabur Chawanprash. +
|
| Leaf blade type
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Compound +
|
| Leaf petiole type
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Petiolated +
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| Leaf shape
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Ovate +
|
| Life cycle details
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Fl. and fr. spring-autumn. +
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| Medicinal active compound
|
>>This plant contains a large number of compounds like flavonoids +
, alkaloids +
, steroids +
, triterpenoids +
, lipids +
, lignins.
>>Other molecules isolated and studied from this plant are
> Punarnavine (Agarwal and Dutt +
, 1936; Basu et al. +
, 1947; Surange and Pendse +
, 1972) +
, >Boeravinone A.F (Kadota et al. +
, 1989; Lami et al. +
, 1990; 1992) +
, >Hypoxanthine 9-L-arabinofuranoside (Ahmad and Hossain +
, 1968) +
, >Ursolic acid (Mishra and Tiwari +
, 1971) +
, >Punarnavoside (Jain and Khanna +
, 1989) +
, >Liirodendrin (Aftab et al. +
, 1996) +
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| Medicinal active compound details
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‘Punarnavoside’ found in roots of B. diffusa is a new antifibrinolytic compound. +
|
| Medicinal molecular basis description
|
The active principle active compound found in this herb is an alkaloid, known as
punarnavine. +
|
| Medicinal significance
|
Yes +
|
| Medicinal system
|
Ayurveda +
, Folk Medicine +
|
| Medicinal use description
|
Charaka Samhita and Sushrita Samhita, desc … Charaka Samhita and Sushrita Samhita, describes preprations made form punarnava namely:
>punarnavastaka kvath,
>punarnava kshar
>punarnava taila
> roots of this plant is used for the treatment of piles by the inhabitants of the Garhwal Himalaya (Uttaranchal).
>A paste made from roots of this plant is for the treatment of bloody
dysentery by the Bhils tribals of the Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh.
>The juice made form roots is used in against asthma, scanty urine, and
internal inflammation disorders.
>Use of this plant has also been reported to cure ailments such as leukorrhea,
rheumatism, and stomach ache by the Sahariya tribe in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
>Tribes from Ambikapur district (Madhya Pradesh) use it against elephantiasis.
In the Indo-Nepal Himalayan terai region, this plant is used by tribals for flushing out the renal system, and to treat seminal weakness and blood pressure.treat seminal weakness and blood pressure. +
|
| Name meaning
|
The name ''Punarnava'' means that which rejuvenates or renews the body +
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| Native species
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Yes +
|
| Order
|
Caryophyllales +
|
| Page creation date
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22 October 2010 +
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| Plant clinical study details
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>A drug named as punarnava, has been pr … >A drug named as punarnava, has been prescribed in Indian Pharmacopoeia as a diuretic
>An aqueous extract of thinner roots of has been shown to protect various enzymes such as serum glutanicoxaloacetic transaminase, serum glutanic-pyruvic transaminase, and bilirubin in serum against hepatic injury in rats.
> Extract form this plants has been studied vastly for their ability to Prevent and control viral diseases of crops in fields.control viral diseases of crops in fields. +
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| Plant commercial
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Yes +
|
| Plant commercial part
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Entire plant +
, Root +
, Leaves +
|
| Plant cultivation state
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Assam +
, Bihar +
, Madhya Pradesh +
, Uttarakhand +
, Uttar Pradesh +
, West Bengal +
|
| Plant height
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Up to 3 feet +
|
| Plant medicinal part
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Root +
, Leaves +
|
| Plant type
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Herb +
|
| Regnum
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Plantae +
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| Seed dispersal
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Entomophily (By insects) +
|
| Species name
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w:Boerhavia diffusa +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Boerhavia diffusa +
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, Boerhavia diffusa +
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| Categories |
Pages with a map rendered by the Maps extension +
, Plants +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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24 November 2010 02:40:07 +
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