SAHACHARA- Strobilanthes heynianus

[sheji ramkumar]

Regional name

 

Sanskrit -sahachara / saireyaka

 

Malayalam - karim kurunhi

Latin name - Strobilanthes heynianus

Family - Acanthaceae

 

Habit - shrub up to 2 meters height

 

Leaves - simple , opposit

 

Flower - white

 

Rasadi:

 

Rasa - tiktha - madhura

guna- laghu - snigda

veerya- ushna

vipaka- katu

 

Dosha karma - passifies vitiated vata

 

 

 

 

[Dr. Sunil Kumar]

hello friends, after a long time i am able to open my e-mail, i am quit happy to see bodhinighantu is having good informative disscussion.

 

                       Once again i would like to be the part of bodhinighantu.

 

       Sahachara / saireyaka= Strobilanthes heynianus,  what i feel sahachara & saireyaka is mentioned as Barleria species under BhavPrakash Nighantu, there are 4 varieties mentioned like white,yellow, red, blue.

 

                  In the image i have not seen any spiny appendages, so its my doubt that it may not be considered as sahachara.

                   please inform me where sahachara is mentioned as Strobilanthes heynianus.

 

                      thank you very much.

[Dr. Arvind Kadus]

Hi,All
Unless and Untill there are no photoes of flowers or the confirmating
features like the 'spines', it is impossible to identify the posted
species.
Regards,
Dr. Kadus Arvind.Pune.
On Aug 12, 6:40 pm, "Dr. Sunil Kumar" <drsuniltomar...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[rejukrishnan r]

hi sheji ji
its looks like strobilanthus sp. but it is difficult to say
heyniana with out seeing the inflorasence.

[rejukrishnan r]

dear.sunil ji,
i think barleria and strobilanthus are different . In kerala
strobilanthus is considered as sahachara and it is un armed.

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thanks for the post Sheji ji...Nice to see Sunil ji's reply after a long time...Thank you...

You are right Arvind ji... Some of the Key field characters are always required to confirm the species...


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                           M.D. (Ay).P.G.D.H.M.
Lecturer/ Scientist Incharge - Animal House,
ALN Rao Memorial Ayurvedic Medical College, Koppa, Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka
Mob: 09590574495

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[tanay bose]

This genus is known to flower after a long dormant span of 6-7yrs

Tanay

--
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Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
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[sheji ramkumar]

Dear Sunil ji, Aravind ji, Hari & Tanay ji,

 

As you all said Barleria prionitis is taken as a source of sahachara- 'kurunhi 'in malayalam

 

As Hari said ,this species is also concidered as sahachara here in Kerala in the name of ' Karim kurunhi'=black /dark sahachara.  while ordering for market sample we get one more variety called as ' Balussery Kurunhi' - dont know about its identity, i have one photo with out flower.

 

regards

 

sheji

[reshmi pushpan]

Herewith attaching the Barleria species with yellow flowers.

Regards,

Reshmi



--
Reshmi Sarin,
Arya Vaidya Pharmacy,
Coimbatore.

[sheji ramkumar]

Thank you reshmi, try for another  after blooming

 

lovingly

sheji

[reshmi pushpan]

Sure Sheji...Thank you.

--
Reshmi Sarin.


By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and improving our strength in this manner step by step, we may reach a state in which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honored duties in life and in society _ Swami Vivekananda

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thank you Reshmi ji for posting the photo of Barleria prionitis, Acanthaceae... the commonly used source of Sahachara or Saireyaka in Northern parts of India...

Have dealt regarding the controversy of Sahachara or Saireyaka in the next post...

pls check this link

http://groups.google.com/group/bodhi-nighantu/browse_thread/thread/7f6d00e9a0d8a4c3?hl=en_US