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| Bark Bark is the outer covering of the stem, branches and roots of the tree. The bark is an aggregation of organs and tissues that includes phloem and secondarily thickened tissues from the secondary plant body, as well as epidermis, cortex and phloem derived from the primary plant body. | ||
| Flowers Flowers are the reproductive part of most the plants. It consists of carpels, petals, sepals and stamens. Flowers have either both male-female reproductive parts (Perfect flowers) or only one of them (Imperfect flowers). It is of various shape, size and colors. | ||
| Fruits A fruit is a part of a flowering plant that contains the seeds. It may include adjacent tissue that fuses with the ovary. Once the ovary is fertilized, the seeds develop and the ovary enlarges forming the mature fruit. It may be of different type but not all are edible. | ||
| • Artocarpus Heterophyllus • Asteracantha Longifolia • Azadirachta Indica • Callicarpa Macrophylla • Calotropis Procera • Cassia Angustifolia • Cassia Fistula • Convolvulus Alsinoides • Cordyceps Sinensis • Embelia Ribes • Emblica Officinalis • Evolvulus Alsinoides • Ficus Benghalensis • Ficus Racemosa • Ficus Religiosa | ||
| Gum/Resin Natural gums are polysaccharides of natural origin. It is a sticky jelly like mass. It is used to increase viscosity of solution. It mainly used as thickening agent, gelling agent, emulsifiers and stabilizers. Plant resins are simply secretions of plants, obtain either from the entire plant, or from specific parts of the plant. Resin mainly consists of volatile terpenes, along with essential oils and gums in little amount. Resins are insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol. | ||
| • Boswellia serrata | • Ferula Foetida | • Guggul |
| • Pinus Roxburghii | ||
| Leaves Leaves are lateral outgrowths from the stem, most commonly flat, broad, and green. This maximizes their function of absorbing sunlight and transforming it into food. leave have evolved into many shapes and sizes, reflecting adaptations to the environment. | ||
| • Abrus Precatorius • Adhatoda Vasica • Adiantum Capillus • Aloe Vera • Andrographis Paniculata • Anethum Graveolens • Annona Squamosa • Artocarpus Heterophyllus • Atropa Belladonna • Azadirachta Indica • Bacopa Monniera • Bambusa Arundinacea • Bambusa Vulgaris • Basil Herb • Bombax Ceiba • Callicarpa Macrophylla • Calotropis Procera • Carica Papaya • Cassia Angustifolia • Castor • Cedrus Deodara | • Centella Asiatica • Curcuma Longa • Datura Stramonium • Ficus Benghalensis • Ficus Religiosa • Flax seeds • Gymnema Sylvestre • Henna • Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis • Ipomea Carnea • Lemongrass • Luffa Cylindrica • Marigold • Moringa Oleifera • Morus Alba • Mucuna Pruriens • Nelumbo Nucifera • Nerium Indicum • Nyctanthes Arbortristis • Nymphaea Lotus • Pelargonium Graveolens | |
| Oil Volatile concentrated hydrophobic liquid extracted from different parts of plants, usually having the characteristic odor or flavor of the plant. | ||
| Peel/ Hull Peel is the outer protective layer of fruits and vegetables. Peel may be eaten or removed from fruit according to thickness and taste. It is used in confectionery and cosmetics industry. Hull is outer leafy covering of seeds. | ||
| Root/Rhizome Roots are underground plant parts, which obtain nutrients i.e. food and water from the soil and provide support by anchoring the plant. Roots consist of root hairs and root cap. They also store sugars and carbohydrates, which is utilized by the plant to carry out other functions. Rhizomes are thick, horizontal, underground stem capable of producing the shoot and root systems of a new plant. Rhizomes grow close to soil and have nodes and scale like leave. This capability allows the parent plant to propagate vegetatively (asexually) and also enables a plant to perinnate (survive an annual unfavorable season) underground. | ||
| Wood/Stem Stem is the axis of a plant, which is generally upright and above ground, easy to locate and identify. However, many stems grow below ground or are ground hugging. They support the plant, and act like the plant's plumbing system, conducting water and nutrients from the roots and food in the form of glucose from the leaves to other plant parts. Wood is the secondary xylem of dicots and gymnosperms. It is the hard fibrous, lignified substance present under the bark of the tree. It is mainly utilized in the building materials or furniture or for papermaking. |
| Whole Plant Whole plant are all aerial parts of the plant, almost all parts of the same plant like stem, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds with their different properties are medicinally useful. | ||
| Exudates These are the liquid substances which ooze out from the plant pores and gets solidified when exposed to air. Chemically these are either silica or polysaccharides or terpenes or any other chemical which are medicinally useful. | ||
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