NIMBA (Flower)
Nimba consists of dried flower and flower bud of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. syn. Melia azadirachta Linn. (Fam. Meliaceae), a medium to large size evergreen tree attaining height of 15 to 20 m or more under favourable conditions and found through-hout the lains upto an altitude of 900 m.
Nimba consists of dried flower and flower bud of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. syn. Melia azadirachta Linn. (Fam. Meliaceae), a medium to large size evergreen tree attaining height of 15 to 20 m or more under favourable conditions and found through-hout the lains upto an altitude of 900 m.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Arishtah, Picumandah, Picumaradah, Prabhadrah
Assamese : —
Bengali : Nim, Nimgaachh
English : Indian Lilac, Margosa Tree, Neem tree
Gujrati : Leemado
Hindi : Neem
Kannada : Chikkabevu, Huchchabevu, Turakbevu
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Aaruveppu, Aryaveppu, Veppu
Marathi : Nimb, Kadunimb
Oriya : Neemo, Nimba
Punjabi : Nim, Nimba
Tamil : Vempu, Veppu
Telugu : Vemu, Vepa
Urdu : Neem
Sanskrit : Arishtah, Picumandah, Picumaradah, Prabhadrah
Assamese : —
Bengali : Nim, Nimgaachh
English : Indian Lilac, Margosa Tree, Neem tree
Gujrati : Leemado
Hindi : Neem
Kannada : Chikkabevu, Huchchabevu, Turakbevu
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Aaruveppu, Aryaveppu, Veppu
Marathi : Nimb, Kadunimb
Oriya : Neemo, Nimba
Punjabi : Nim, Nimba
Tamil : Vempu, Veppu
Telugu : Vemu, Vepa
Urdu : Neem
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Dried flowers are brown to deep brown; individual flower 5 to 6 mm long and 6 to 11 mm wide, pentamerous, bisexual, regular and hypogynous; calyx 5, short, united at ase; corolla 5, free, spathulate, spreading, 4.5 to 5.5 mm long 2 mm wide; stamens 10, onoadelphous, staminal tube inserted at base of corolla; gynoecium tricarpellary, yncarpous, superior, trilocular, two ovules in each locule, style 1, stigma 3-lobed; taste, ildly bitter: odour, indistinct.
Dried flowers are brown to deep brown; individual flower 5 to 6 mm long and 6 to 11 mm wide, pentamerous, bisexual, regular and hypogynous; calyx 5, short, united at ase; corolla 5, free, spathulate, spreading, 4.5 to 5.5 mm long 2 mm wide; stamens 10, onoadelphous, staminal tube inserted at base of corolla; gynoecium tricarpellary, yncarpous, superior, trilocular, two ovules in each locule, style 1, stigma 3-lobed; taste, ildly bitter: odour, indistinct.
b) Microscopic
Calyx – Sepal shows thin walled polygonal papillose epidermis; elongated thin walled unicellular conical trichomes of varying lengths; rosette crystals in cells of pidermis.
Petals – Petal shows epidermis of rectangular cells papillose at margins, non-glandular unicellular trichomes, over 150 µ long, tubular and hyaline; glandular trichomes of about 0 µ, numerous rosette crystals in epidermal cells.
Calyx – Sepal shows thin walled polygonal papillose epidermis; elongated thin walled unicellular conical trichomes of varying lengths; rosette crystals in cells of pidermis.
Petals – Petal shows epidermis of rectangular cells papillose at margins, non-glandular unicellular trichomes, over 150 µ long, tubular and hyaline; glandular trichomes of about 0 µ, numerous rosette crystals in epidermal cells.
Androecium – Epidermis of staminal tube composed of thick walled rectangular parenchymatous cells and the endothecium of the anther walls.
Gynoecium – Stigma sticky, parenchymatous epidermal cells, elongated into extensive papillae, style thin walled, rectangular, ovary superior, trilocular.
Pollen Grain – Porous, 4-colporate, spherical 105 to161µ in dia., with a smooth exine.
Powder – Yellowish-brown, fragments of parenchymatous papillose epidermal cells, richomes, numerous vessels, rosette calcium oxalate crystals, and yellowish-brown pollen grains.
Gynoecium – Stigma sticky, parenchymatous epidermal cells, elongated into extensive papillae, style thin walled, rectangular, ovary superior, trilocular.
Pollen Grain – Porous, 4-colporate, spherical 105 to161µ in dia., with a smooth exine.
Powder – Yellowish-brown, fragments of parenchymatous papillose epidermal cells, richomes, numerous vessels, rosette calcium oxalate crystals, and yellowish-brown pollen grains.
CONSTITUENTS – 15-Acetoxy-7-deacetoxydihydroazadirone (neeflone),nonacosane(saturated hydrocarbon)
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Tikta
Guna : Laghu
Virya : sita
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Cakshushya, Krimighna, Kaphahara, Pittahara, Vatakara, Vishaghna,Kushthaghna, Grahi.
Rasa : Tikta
Guna : Laghu
Virya : sita
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Cakshushya, Krimighna, Kaphahara, Pittahara, Vatakara, Vishaghna,Kushthaghna, Grahi.
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Kushthakalamla Rasa, Kushtha sailendra Rasa, Krimivinasana Rasa
THERAPEUTIC USES – sotha, Aruci, Chhardi(vomiting), Daha, Hrillasa, Jvara, Kasa, Krimi, Kandu,Kushtha, Netraroga, Phiranga, Prameha, Raktavikara, Trishna, Vishamajvara, Vrana, Kaphapittaja Vikara, srama, Hridayavidaha
DOSE – 2 – 4 g puspa churna.
10 – 20 ml puspa svarasa.
10 – 20 ml puspa svarasa.
