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(dry) habit and habitat: description: a small shrub with a large woody root and numerous creeping, jointed stems, thickened at the nodes. the leaves are alternate, spreading, without stipules and blade varying greatly in size. the lowest leaves are - cm long, whereas, the uppermost - cm long. the flowers
are in solitary spikes. the fruits, berries, in fleshy spikes - cm long and mm thick, oblong, blunt and blackish green in color. the mature spikes collected and dried, form the commercial form of pippali and the root radix is known as pippalimula. uses: appetizer (dipani), cures dyspnoea (svasa), cough...
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