Kaknasa
Description:
Bushy annual herb to 2 m high. Leaves kidney-shaped to circular, mostly 6–15 cm wide, both surfaces equally hairy, margins with shallow lobes; leaf stalk 9–14 cm long. Pod green and fleshy at first, drying to a black woody capsule. Seeds brown to black, 2 to each pod.
Details:
Botanical Name:Martynia Annua
English Name:Tiger’s claw, Devil’s Claw
Hindi Name: Hata Jori, Bichu Hathajori, Kawathodi,Kaakanaasikaa, Kaakaangi, Shirobal
Comman Names: Bag Lucha, Baghnakh, Baghnokh Dogri
GujaratiName: Vinchhoodo,
Telugu Name: Garuda Mukku, Telukondi kaya ,Garudamukku, Telukondikaya
Marathi Name: Bhagnaka,
Punjabi Name: Kaktundi, Bichu, Hathajari,
Tamil Name: Thael kodukkukai, Kaakkaa mookuchedi
Sanskrit Name: Kakanasika,Kakangi, sirobal, Cerasnaya
Bengali Name: Kurki, Kaih, Baghnoki
Family : Pedallaceae
Part used :WholePlant
Medicinal Uses:
- This plant is used mainly as antiviperin and against the bite of spiders, for more information on the website of the Digital Library of Traditional Mexican belonging to the UNAM, you can find detailed information. It is also grown as an ornamental. Unripe fruits are edible.
- The fruits are adapted for transportation in large animal paws. They can hurt cows.
- Leaf-used in epilepsy, also applied to tuberculous glands of the neck. Fruit-anti-inflammatory. Ash of the fruit, mixed with coconut oil, is applied on burns. Seed oil-applied on abscesses.