Herb - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 51960 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 88.00 COMPOSITAE Eupatorium triplinerve | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Herb | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Herb | Geography Description | India, Bombay | ||
| Uses | HerbUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 13 D 6 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: A small shrubby plant, 5 - 6 ft high; branches straight, reddish, with a few simple scattered hairs; young shoots have a somewhat mealy appearance, due to the presence of small particles of a white balsamic exudation, leaves opposite, in p, airs, their bases uniting round the stem, about 4 ins long and 3/4 in broad, fleshy, smooth, lanceolate, attenuated at the base; midrib thick and reddish; flowers bluish. The odour of the plant is aromatic, somewhat like ivy, but more agreeable, the tas, te also reminds one of that plant. Ayapana is cultivated in some of the Bombay gardens. Its medicinal properties are mentioned in the Pharmacopoeia of India. | ||||