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parushaka in Ayurveda - Phoenix pusilla Gaertn.

parushaka :

Cultivated tree Photograph by: Rachael Moore

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Phoenix
Species: Phoenix pusilla


Allied species:

(=) Phoenix farinifera Roxb.
(=) Phoenix zeylanica Trimen



VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Parusakah
English: small wild date palm
Hindi: palavat, palawat
Telugu: chiruta-ita, chitti-ita, chittiyita, churuta ita, cinna eachala, eechakoyya
Tamil: cittintu, icham, ichu, inchu, indu, inju, ithi, kalangu, kurinji, sagi, siruintu, siruyinju, sittinju
Malayalam: chittintal, cittintal, inta
Kannada: eechakeya, eechalu, henthaale, hulleechala, hullichala, ichai, ichalu, indu, kiri eechalu, sannayichalu
Chinese: Xi lan hai zao
Sinhalese: Indi-gaha, (ඉංදි ගහ).


Varities:

 According to Mamun-or-Rashid et al., 2014 review report, plants of 56 families were commonly 
used in diabetes treatment and also among the different parts utilised for treatment, fruits were found to be commonly used

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