Phyllanthus Emblica

 

  

• Emblica plant is commonly known as Indian gooseberry or Amla, from the sanskrit amalaki.
• It belongs to the family of Phyllathaceae.
• The tree is small to medium size.
• The leaves are closely set along light green color.

  

• Amla is a subtropical plant and prefers dry climate.
• This crop can  tolerate Salinity.
• Amla has been identified to be a potent antixiodant and antistress.
• Fruit has richest source of  Vitamin C. 

  

• It is good demanded form the industries for the preparations of various health care products like hair oil, shampoo, dye, face creams and tooth powder.
• Most importantly it is a good liver tonic.

     Harvesting Amla fruits

  

• The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish-yellow, quite smooth with furrows.
• The amla berries are harvested by hand after climbing upper branches.
•  The taste of Indian Emblica is Sour, bitter and fibrous.

   Uses of Amla fruit

  

• Amla fruit is eaten raw or cooked in various dishes, in most places people do makes pickels with Amla fruit.
• All parts of plant are use in various ayurvedic medicine herbal preparations, including the fruits, seeds, leaves, root bark and flowers.
• Emblica exhibits strong antioxidant activity.

                                                                                         Amla pickle

Sapinuds Mukorossi

  

• Sapinuds is commonly known as Indian Soapberry or Ritha.
• It belongs to the family of Sapindaceae.
• It is a tree that grows on foothills and midhills.
• This Ritha  seeds are used in Ayurvedic Medicine.

  

• Sapinuds plant gives us Soap nuts, these soap nuts are  used as non-toxic laundry detergent.
• Reetha  nuds are also used to wash Hair.
• The value of this soapnuts areused in many Pharmacologicaland cleansing purpose.

 

• Sopanuts contains the compound of saponin, which has natural cleansing properties and can be used as a cleanser for hair, skin and clothing.
• Ritha fruit can be used in an Enhanced oil recovery.
• Though the fruits are poisonous, the seeds are used to make wooden buttons.

  

• The Soapnut grows in a wild environment.
• The main characteristics of  this plant does not need fertile soil to flourish.
• Soaputs plant doesn't need any Fertilizer or Chemical pesticides.

    

• They are an amazing natural detergent.
• Soapberry nut husks, they  are indeed the husk from soapberry nuts, shell contains a natural cleaning agent saponin that produces an effect comparable to soap.

 

Delonix Regia

   

• Delonix regia is a flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, it is native to Madagascar.
• Delonix leaves are fern and flamboyant display on orange-red flowers over summer.
• In many parts of world it is grown as Ornamental plant.
• This tree does not like heavy or clay soils.

 

• In most of villages it is grown on sideways of Roads and in agricultural places.
• This plant prefers an open free-draining sandy or loamy soil.
• The seeds of this plant  can be "Pinched" and planted immediately.
• Delonix regia Spreads widely and its dense foliage provides full shade.
• It is an "Evergreen" plant.

 

• In India Delonix Regia is called as "May-flower tree" or "Gulmohar" plant.
• The flowers of  Gulmohar are large with four spreading Orange-red petals.
• The flowers of Gulmohar are used in producing Bee Forage.

 

Ocimum tenuiflorum

  

• Ocimum tenuiflorum is commonly known as "Holy Basil" or "Tulsi".
• It is an aromatic perennial plant in the family of  Lamiaceae.
• It is native to Indian Subcontinent and widespread as cultivated plant.
• In Indian you can find Holy Basil in Each house.

    Medicinal uses of Tulsi plant

  

•  Tulsi is cultivated for traditional medicines purpose nd widely used as Herbal tea.
• Tulsi can also produce essential oil.
• The dried leaves of these plants have been mixed with grains to repel Insects.
• In you Daily diet Tulasi leaves helps to boost your Mental and Physical health.

    

• Few uses Holy basil leaves has their daily routine   in hot water to drink it is good for health.
• Leaves are thought to boost wound healing speed and strength.

  

• Regular consumption of tulasi is beneificial in relaxing the mind and offers many psychological benefits.
• It can also prevent Respiratory Infections.
• Tulsi in sanskrit called as "Surasa" has been used in Ayurveda.

Azadirachta indica(Neem tree)

  

   

• The latin name of Neem tree is Azadirachta is derived from "Persian", Azad means "Free", dirakht means "tree".
• Neem plant leaves has been used as Traditional medicine for their Primary health care.

  

• Azadirachtha is also known as Neem tree.
• It belongs to Mahogany family Meliaceae.
• Neem tree is native to Indian Subcontinent and most of thte countries in Africa.
• It is a Fast growing tree and valued as Medicinal plant.

  FLOWERS OF NEEM TREE

• Neem trees are attractive broad leaved evergreen that can grow upto 30meters tall.
• Neem tree spread their branches.
• Neem trees fruits and seeds are source of neem oil.
• Neem tree can grow in any type of soil, but it thrives best on well drained deep and and Sandy soil.
• Most importantly Neem flower is used in Inidan Festivals like "Ugadi". 

      Fruits of Neem tree

 

• Neem fruits, seeds, stems and bark contain diverse Photochemicals.
• Neem contains chemicals that might help reduce blood sugar levels, heal ulcers and kill bacteria.
• Neem sticks can also be used as Tooth Brush that keeps teeth healthy
  

        Few uses of Neem tree

• It is a goof carbon dioxide sink.
• Neem extract is added as fertilizers nitrification inhibitor.
• Neem has traditionally been used as a type of teeth-cleaning twig.
• Neem is a key Ingredient in non-pesticidal managment.

Ricinus communis

         Castor plant

  

• Ricinus Communis plant is also called as Castor oil plant.
• It is a flowering plant in the family of Euphorbiaceae.
• This plant is reproduces with a mixed pollination system which selfing by geitonogamy.
• Ricinus is very greatly in its growth Habit.
• It has glossy leaves long and palmate with five to twelve deep lobes with coarsely toothed segments.

 

• Castor plant gives Castor fruit and Castor seed inside the fruit.
• Castor seed is the source of Castor oil, which has many uses.
• The seed is so named because it has markings and it resembled many ticks.
• The fruit is a spiny, greenish containing large, Oval, shiny, bean-like,  highly poisonous seeds with brownish mottling.

         Castor Dried fruits

 

• Castor is a plant that produces Seeds, castor oil is produced by pressing ripe seeds that have had their outer covering(hull) removed.
• Hull contains deadly poison called ricin.
• Castor oil has been used as Medicine since from centuries.

           Castor Seeds

  

• The beans are oblong and light brown, mottled with dark brown spots.
• The Castro oil is used to treat Constipation, it can also be used to clean Intestines before surgery.
• Castor Oil is known as Stimulant Laxative.

Abutilon Indicum

 

  

• Abutilon Indicum is alos called as Indian Mallow is a small shrub in the family of  Malvaceae.
• It is an Ornamental plant, its roots and leaves being used for curing fevers.
• It has been called with different names in different languages, in Hindi has "Kanghai", Telugu has "Duvvena benda", Tamil has "Thuthi" and Kannada has "TuThThi gida".

 

 

• Abutilon is a Broadleaf Evergreens in Mallow family.
• It is widely naturalized in warmer regions and it is a Serious Agricultural weed.
• It ha s a bushy growth, root rot holds the intake nutrients, and Abutilon leaves begin to turn yellow.

         Abutilon Seeds

 

• Abutilon is mostly grown at Sunny and Warm areas, it is listed as Invasive mostly in Asia.
• The plant is commonly used in siddha medicines.
• Root, bark, flowers. leaves and seeds are all used for medicinal purpose.

       Yellow flower of  Abutilon

    

• Abutilon is also known as Thuti plant, this plant gives yellow flower, this flower are used has Ornamental.  

   

• This plant exhibits several potential Pharmalogical Activities.
• They are many such herbs and leaves that have ability to treat illnesses is "Thuti".

          

Indian Plum

             Indian plum tree

   

• Indian plums are also called as Indian jujube.
• It is a tropical fruit tree belongs to the family of Rhamnaceae.
• This plum is an evergreen shrub or small tree with spreading crown, stipular spines and many drooping branches.

      Harvesting Indian Jujube

    

• Plants grows under natural conditions are capable of producing seeds.
• These plum trees produce large amount of fruits in a single season.
• The best Harvesting time for Indian plums is from mid-February to mid-March, to the end of April.

  

• These fruits of Indian Plums Eaten Raw, Pickled or used in beverages.
• These fruits are nutritious and rich in vitamin C.
• The Fruits remaining on the tree are shaken down and also only fully mature fruits are picked directly from the tree.

Solanum Xanthocarpum

 

    

• Solanum Xanthocarpum is also called as "Yellow-berried Nightshade", Thai green eggplant.
• It belongs to the family of Solanaceae, its Common name is Kantakari.
• Kantakari is found well versed in India, often on roadside in open space.
• This plant is cultivated in Himalayas, Malasia and Austrlia region.

   

• The Ayurvedic name of Solanum is "Kantakari", the branches of kantakari are spreading on ground.
• This plant has numerous branches with dense stellate tomentum and prickles.
• The kantakari plant is widely distributed in Dry situation by roadsides and Wastelands.

Thorny  plant of Solanum

  

• It is a Hardy plant, this crop can also grown under saline lands.
• Some times due to frost as it causes Injury to Vegetative parts.
• This crop is raised by seeds, the seeds are yellowish brown in colour and small in size.

  

• This plant is thorny Nightshade herb, Copious armed with Sturdy, Needlelike and Broad-Based Prickles.
• The Leaves are unequal paired and prickly along veins.
• Solanum are "Inflorescence".

         Fruits Medicinal uses

      

• Yellow berry which looks like tiny tomato, it is an winter food for birds and Small mammals.
• In the tribes of Nilgiris, the plant is used to treat "Finger abscess", the finger is inserted into ripe fruits for few minutes.
• The plant root is  used as to treat  Cough, Asthma and Chest pain.
• It is also used in Ayurvedic Industries.

Calotropis gigantea

 

    

• Calotropis is a flowering plant in the family of "Apocynaceae".
• It is native to Southern Asia and North Africa etc.,.
• Calotropis are clusters of waxy flower that are white in color.
• Calotropis is a Poisonous plant.

   

• Each waxy flowers consists of five petals and a small Crown from center which  holds the stamens.
• Calotropis plants has Oval, Light green leaves and milky stem.

     

• Catropis gigantea is used as medicine in India for many years.
• The plant is effectively used in treating skin when swelling with redness, used to treat fevers, vomiting and Diarrhea.
• The milky juice of Calotropis was used against "Arthritis" and also an "antidote for Snake bite."
  
  
  
  

   

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• Calotropis is a Poisonous plant, the Leaves and Stem when Incised Yield thicky milk juice.
• It is used as arrow poison, cattle poison and mostly an accidental poison.
• Medicinal uses are applied to skin, it causes redness and vesication, this plant treats Stomach wash and Symptomatic treatment.

Senna Auriculata

             Senna Plant

    

• Senna plant is much branched Shrub with cinnamon brown bark, it belongs to the flowering family of  "Fabaceae"  and Subfamily to "Caesalpinioideae".
• Senna Auriculata is Commonly known Tangedu("the poor mans flower"), Sinhala, avarike and Avaram senna etc.,.

Senna flower Plant at Dichpally Forest area, Telangana.

  

     

• Senna plants mostly occurs in the Dry regions of India and Sri Lanka.
• It is Common along the Sea Coast and the Dry Zone in Sri Lanka .
• Flowers of Senna are Irregular, Bisexual, bright yellow and large, the pedicels glabrous.

    

• Senna Auriculata is "State Flower" of Telangana, India.
• It is called as "Tangedu puvvu" in telangana state and also used at Flower festival called "Bathukamma".

      

• Senna is best suitable at Home gardens and landscaping roadways.
• It also tolerates drought and dry conditions, these flowers are very attractive and leaves have laxative properties