Week and Your Plants – July 1 to 9
Zodiac Sign : Gemini / Midhunam
Wrightia tinctoria (ദന്തപ്പാല) - Apocynaceae
A medium sized attractive tree with oval crown, white latex drooping branchlets profuse white flowers and slender elongate fruits joint at the distal end. Seeds with papus hairs. A much-reputed tree for its medicinal use in skin care and Psoriasis. Other uses: The white wood is used for turnery, carving, toy making, matchboxes, small boxes, and furniture.
July 1, Saturday : Anizham: Mimusops elengi (ഇലഞ്ഞി) - Sapotaceae
A good garden and avenue tree of evergreen nature. It is mainly used for dental ailments such as bleeding gums, pyorrhea, dental caries, etc. The flowers are used to make roseries/ mala.
July 2, Sunday : Triketa : Aporosa cardiosperma (വെട്ടി) - Phyllanthaceae
A medium sized tree with elongate leaves and flowers in small spikes. The timber is used for construction purpose. Fruits edible, leaves coolant. Also for fever, etc.
July 3, Monday : Moolam : Vateria indica(വെള്ളപ്പൈൻ) - Dipterocarpaceae
Tall trees. The dammar resin obtained from bark of the tree is used for the treatment of cough, asthma, leprosy, skin eruptions, crack and wounds. Resin from the bark is also used as an incense in India and as an Ayurvedic medicine.
July4, Tuesday : Pooradam : Salix tetrasperma (ആറ്റുവഞ്ചി) - Salicaceae
A medium sized tree of riverbanks and wetlands. Its bark has been used in traditional medicine in many countries to alleviate pain, fever, and inflammation. The non-medicinal applications of the plant include the use as fodder, soil binder on embankments and fuel and in making baskets, agricultural tools, sports articles, furniture and roofing material.
July4, Tuesday : Uthradam : Artocarpus heterophyllus (പ്ലാവ്) – Moraceae
Large evergreen trees with milky white exudate and are cultivated. Fruits are edible,large agrregate (sorosis) with yellowish-green conical tubercles.
July 5, Wednesday : Thiruvonam : Calotropis gigantea (എരുക്ക് ) - Apocynaceae
Shrubs with opposite broad thick leaves. Calotropis is used for conditions such as digestive disorders, toothache, cramps, joint pain, and many others like swellings. Spiritually significant as the flowers in Shiv pooja.
July 6, Thursday : Avitam : Prosopis cineraria (വഹ്നി ) - Fabaceae
Thorny trees of costal and dry zones providing fodder, fuel for timber, and shade, as well as affecting soil improvement and sand dune stabilization. Known to be used for Treatment of various ailments like leprosy, dysentery, asthma, leucoderma, dyspepsia and earache etc.
July 7, Friday : Chathayam : Neolamarckia cadamba (കദംബം ) - Rubiaceae
Tall fast-growing trees. Timber and manufacturing paper. Additionally, the sweet-scented flowers are used to make perfume. The paste prepared from the bark of stem and leaf of Kadamba is useful to treat pain, redness and itching due to insect bite.
July 8, Saturday : Poororutathi : Mangifera indica (മാവ് ) - Anacardiaceae
A large evergreen tree of multiple utility. For wood, fruit, medicine and more. The fruits are sweet and delicious with high market demand. An infusion of leaves and bark is used as an astringent, and it is applied as a mouth wash for toothache, sore gums, sore throat, and similar affections. The trees are of significance in spiritual functions.
July 9, Sunday : Uthratathi : Borassus flabellifer (പന ) - Arecaceae
A multipurpose palm for timber, fibre, leaves, fruits etc. The Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer) leaves are used for thatching, mats, baskets, fans, hats, umbrellas, and as writing material. Tala (Toddy palm) – Borassus flabellifer is an Ayurvedic plant used for the treatment of general debility. The fermented sap from the tree is popular as toddy or boiled down to make sugar blocks, also known as palm ‘jaggary. The germinating ones are used for edible purpose.