Adhatoda
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Scientific name
Justicia beddomei
Common name
Malabar nut
Malayalam name
ചിറ്റാടലോടകം
Description
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Leaves : long, green, long, elliptic-lanceshaped
- Flowers : borne in spikes at branch-ends and in leaf-axils
- Flowering : December-June
How to use
- Tonic (Rasayana) : Oil prepared with root decoction
- Bleeding disorders : Powder of flowers (shade dried) given with honey
Parts used
Leaf,root,flower
Uses
Tonic & Bleeding disorders
Propagation & Cultivation
It can be grown well both in hilly and plain lands.Prefers loamy soils with good drainage and high organic content.This plant is cultivated as a pure crop or mixed with plantation crops.Regular irrigation and weeding are necessary. Harvesting is at the end of second or third year.
