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Specimen profile
Tree Turmeric
Berberis aristata · Berberidaceae
Skt · Daruharidra — “Woody turmeric”Hindi · DaruhaldiMal · MaramanjalTam · Maramanjal
A spiny shrub whose golden-yellow root wood is used for eye diseases, liver health, and skin infections.
Daruharidra is an erect, thorny shrub with yellowish bark and bright yellow flowers. Its root and stem wood are golden yellow, similar to turmeric. It is the source of 'Rasanjana', a concentrated extract used extensively in Ayurvedic ophthalmology.
Identification markers
Bright yellow wood under the bark; leaves are obovate and spiny-toothed; flowers are yellow in drooping racemes; berries are blue-black.
Rasa
Tikta, Kashaya
Guna
Laghu, Ruksha
Virya
Ushna
Vipaka
Katu
Prabhava
Vishaghna
Dosha effect
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