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Week and Your Plants – April 01 to April 07<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Zodiac sign : Pisces \/ Meenam [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1746″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”link_image”][vc_custom_heading text=”Ficus benghalensis (\u0d2a\u0d47\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d7d) \u2013 Moraceae” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1747″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n This is the popular Banyan tree with spreading crown. The plant usually begins life as an epiphyte. The tree produces aerial roots from the spreading branches that eventually become new trunks and allow the crown to spread even further. The fruits are eaten by birds and arboreal animals. They have medicinal importance too as Nalpamaram. It also yields timber and fodder. The tree is considered sacred by different religions.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 01, Monday : Moolam : Vateria indica(\u0d35\u0d46\u0d33\u0d4d\u0d33\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d2a\u0d48\u0d7b) – Dipterocarpaceae ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1003″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 02, Tuesday : Pooradam : Salix tetrasperma (\u0d06\u0d31\u0d4d\u0d31\u0d41\u0d35\u0d1e\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d3f) – Salicaceae ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1005″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 03 , Wednesday : Uthradam : Artocarpus heterophyllus (\u0d2a\u0d4d\u0d32\u0d3e\u0d35\u0d4d) \u2013 Moraceae” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1007″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Large evergreen trees with milky white exudate and are cultivated. Fruits are edible,large agrregate (sorosis) with yellowish-green conical tubercles.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 04, Thursday : Thiruvonam : Calotropis gigantea (\u0d0e\u0d30\u0d41\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d4d ) – 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.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 05, Friday : Avitam : Prosopis cineraria (\u0d35\u0d39\u0d4d\u200c\u0d28\u0d3f ) – Fabaceae ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1008″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 06, Saturday : Chathayam : Neolamarckia cadamba (\u0d15\u0d26\u0d02\u0d2c\u0d02 ) – Rubiaceae ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1020″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”April 07, Sunday : Poororutathi : Mangifera indica (\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d35\u0d4d\u200c ) – Anacardiaceae ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”1022″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Week and Your Plants – April 01 to April 07 [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Zodiac sign : Pisces \/ Meenam [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1746″ img_size=”medium”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-this-week-and-your-plants"],"yoast_head":"\n
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