Thursday, February 21, 2019

Kaya maram[Mennecylon umbellaturn]


is a large shrub or small tree. It's bark & branches are very hard thats why it is called Ironwood. Leaves are simple, opposite type. Leaves contains Glucose. Flowers are blue coloured & produced in cymose umbels. Fruit is round berry Bluish black in colour. Flowering time is February to March. The leaves are used in the treatment of gonorrhea, or when mixed with several other ingredients, they make good fomentations for external use.This particular Species is Conserved and propagated in Eco Herbs Sugandhavanam Nursery



Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Kunthirikam Boswellia Sacra

Indian Olibanum is a deciduous tree endemic to India and has been recorded on dry hills and slopes, on gravelly soils between an altitude range of 275-900 m. It is a medium sized tree, 3-5 m tall, with ash coloured papery bark. Alternately arranged leaves are pinnate, crowded at the end of branches, 20-40 cm long. There are 8-15 pairs of leaflets, 3-6 cm long, with an odd one at the tip. Leaflets are ovate, with toothed margin. Flowers are tiny, creamy, about 8 mm across, borne in 10-15 cm long racemes in leaf axils. There are 10 stamens with a short style and a 3-lobed stigma. Fruits are 2 cm long, 3-cornered. Indian Olibanum tree, on injury, exudates an oleo-gum-resin known as Salai, Guggal or Indian Frankincense. Flowering Extracts of Indian Olibanum have been clinically studied for osteoarthritis and joint function, particularly for osteoarthritis of the knee. A Boswellia extract marketed under the name Wokvel has undergone human efficacy, comparative, pharmacokinetic studies. Indian Olibanum is used in the manufacture of the supposed anti-wrinkle agent "Boswelox", which has been criticised as being ineffective.This particular herb is Conserved and propagated in ECO HERBS SUGANDHAVANAM NURSERY

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Kula Mavu[Persea macrantha]

is the large-flowered bay tree Rare Critically Endangered Medicinal plantand it is native to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. The plant grows to about 30 m (98 ft)8
The tree's seeds are a good source of protein. The extract of the plant called catechu is used to treat sore throats and diarrhea. In Ayurveda, plant pacifies vitiated pitta, kapha, skin diseases, cough, pruritus, and obesity. Useful in tooth ache, increases the strength of teeth,This particular Herb is Conserved and propagated in ECO HERBS SUGANDHAVANAM Nursery

Monday, February 18, 2019

Krishna Grandhi or PathinMugam [Caesalpinia sappan Linn]


is a species of flowering tree in the legume family,  It also produces a valuable reddish dye called BRAZILIAN , used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. Slivers of heartwood are used for making herbal drinking water in various regions, such as Kerala and Central Java, where it is usually mixed with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves,It also produces a valuable reddish dye called brazilin, used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. Slivers of heartwood are used for making herbal drinking water in various regions, such as Kerala and Central Java, where it is usually mixed with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves,this Particular Herb is Conserved and Propagated in ECOHERBS SUGANDHAVANAM Nursery.





KASTURI MANJAL [Curcuma aromatic]

KASTURI MANJAL [Curcuma aromatic] Wild tumeric is an aromatic and pretty ginger with stout underground rhizomes. Foliage dies down in late in autumn and the rhizomes remain dormant in winter. The inflorescence appears in early spring from the base of the rhizome. Flowers are pinkish white in color, with an orange lip. The stalk grows to about 8 to 10 inches tall, and is crowned with enlarged colored bracts tipped with pink. Leaves appear after the flowers. When in full growth the plants can reach a height of about 3ft tall. Leaves are broad and very decorative, elliptic, 3-4 ft long, and 20 cm wide, leaf-stalk being as long as the blade. Good for cut-flower use with a vase life of about 10 days for a fresh stem Wild turmeric is recognized as a medical herb with strong antibiotic properties. It is believed to play a role in preventing and curing cancer in chinese medicine. In an effort to remove cell accumulations such as a tumors, curcuma is often utilized.There are two species commonly used in cancer therapy that, like ginger, have a spicy taste.It contains aromatic volatile oils that help to remove excessive lipids from the blood, reduce aggregation of platelets (sticking of the blood cells to form masses), and reduce inflammation.This particular herb is Conserved and propagated in Eco Herbs Sugandhavanam Nursery

KARUVAPATTA[CINNAMOMUM VERUM]

KARUVAPATTA[CINNAMOMUM VERUM] is a small evergreen tree belonging to the family, Cinnamomum verum trees are 10–15 metres (30–50 feet) tall,This particular Herb is Conserved and propagated in ECO HERBS Sugandha Vanam Nursery


Friday, February 15, 2019

கருமஞ்சள்[CURCUMA PSEUDOMONTANA]



Hill Turmeric is an erect herb, growing to 75 cm tall, found on moist, shaded areas of wet forests and along sluggish grassy slopes of higher altitude. It has stout rootstock bearing small almond like sub-globose tubers at the ends of the_fibrous roots. The tubers are fleshy and white inside, aromatic. Leaves 3-5, oblong-lancelike, 20-30 x 6-9 cm, base acute, tip sharp, margin entire, hairless; shiny; leaf stalk and the leaf sheath up to 20 cm long. Flowering spikes seen in the center of the previously formed tuft of leaves, 10-25 cm long, bearing numerous compactly arranged flowers; flowering bracts conspicuous, inverted eggshaped to lancelike, 3-5 x l.5-2,cm, apex rounded to acute, hairless; green with a pinktip. Non-flowering bracts (coma) oblong-lancelike, conspicuous, purple below and pinkish purple above. Flowers 2-4 in each fertile bract, bright yellow, 3 cm long and 4 cm broad. Capsules spherical, splitting by 3-valves, smooth. Seeds ovoid or oblong, usually covered with arils. Flowering: June-Septermber. This Particular Herb is Conserved and propagated ECOHERBS SUGANDHA VANAM Nursery