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Specimen profile
Wild Croton
Baliospermum montanum · Euphorbiaceae
Skt · Danti — “Having tooth-like leaf margins”Hindi · DantiMal · NagadanthiTam · Nagadanthi
A leafy shrub known for its powerful purgative action in classical Ayurveda.
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An erect undershrub with variable leaf shapes and small green flowers. In Ayurveda, its roots are considered a 'Virechana' (purgative) drug and require specific purification before use.
Identification markers
Leaves are alternate and vary from ovate to lanceolate with coarsely toothed margins; fruits are three-lobed capsules.
Rasa
Katu
Guna
Guru, Tikshna
Virya
Ushna
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Virechana
Dosha effect
KP-
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