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{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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| image = Microcos paniculata L. (28506922434).jpg
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| genus = Microcos
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
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| species = paniculata
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms = *''Microcos nervosa'' <small>(Lour.) S.Y. Hu </small><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-32200817 | title=Microcos paniculata L. — the Plant List}}</ref>
|ordo = [[Malvales]]
|familia = [[Malvaceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Grewioideae]]
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|species = '''''M. paniculata'''''
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'''''Microcos paniculata''''' ({{zh-t|t=中文名; 破布子}}) It is a plant that looks like a Shrub or small tree that is added in Chinese herbal tea. It is claimed to have medicinal value but this is unproven. The taste of this is Mildly sour. Traditional unprooven beliefs claims that it helps digestive system to work well and is also used for other health problems including colds, hepatitis, diarrhea, heat stroke and dyspepsia. None of these alleged claims have showen to be effective in clinical trias. The herb may have a placebo effect.
'''''Microcos paniculata''''' is a [[flowering plant|flowering shrub]] native to [[China]] and [[south-east Asia|south-east Asia including India]].<ref>{{Citation |title= Microcos paniculata|publisher= South China Botanical Garden Herbarium via Flora of China|url= http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=600&taxon_id=200013612}}</ref> It is also included in Indian Ayurveda. It is sometimes added to Chinese [[herbal tea]],<ref>{{cite web|title=What is Wang Lao Ji made from?– Part 3 of 7 Microcos paniculata Linn|url=http://www.herbalcoolingtea.com/what-is-wang-lao-ji-made-from-part-3-of-7-microcos-paniculata/ |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502120127/http://www.herbalcoolingtea.com/what-is-wang-lao-ji-made-from-part-3-of-7-microcos-paniculata/ |archive-date=May 2, 2012 }}</ref> having a mildly sour taste. In [[traditional Chinese medicine]] the plant is believed to help the [[digestive system]], and it is also used for other health problems including colds, [[hepatitis]], [[diarrhea]], [[heat stroke]], and [[dyspepsia]].<ref name="herbTCM">{{Citation |last= Hing Kwok Chu|first= Joe|title= bù zhā yè 布渣葉|publisher= Complementary and Alternative Healing University| date= July 7, 2011|url= http://alternativehealing.org/bu_zha_ye.htm}}</ref>
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==Common names<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Shiral.html |title = Microcos paniculata - Shiral}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=1305&s=Family_name |title = Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka: Plants Details}}</ref>==
*Burmese – ''Myaya'' (မြရာ)
*Hindi – ''Shiral'' (शिरल)
*Marathi – ''Shirali ''
*Konkani (Goa) – ''Asali''
*Tamil – ''Visalam ''
*Malayalam – ''Kottakka ''
*Kannada – ''Biliyabhhrangu ''
*Bengali – ''Asar ''
*Sinhala – ''Keliya'' (කෑලිය) / ''Kohu-kirilla'' (කොහු-කිරිල්ල)
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Microcos paniculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Microcos
Species:
M. paniculata
Binomial name
Microcos paniculata
Synonyms
  • Microcos nervosa (Lour.) S.Y. Hu [1]

Microcos paniculata is a flowering shrub native to China and south-east Asia including India.[2] It is also included in Indian Ayurveda. It is sometimes added to Chinese herbal tea,[3] having a mildly sour taste. In traditional Chinese medicine the plant is believed to help the digestive system, and it is also used for other health problems including colds, hepatitis, diarrhea, heat stroke, and dyspepsia.[4]

Common names[5][6]

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  • Burmese – Myaya (မြရာ)
  • Hindi – Shiral (शिरल)
  • Marathi – Shirali
  • Konkani (Goa) – Asali
  • Tamil – Visalam
  • Malayalam – Kottakka
  • Kannada – Biliyabhhrangu
  • Bengali – Asar
  • Sinhala – Keliya (කෑලිය) / Kohu-kirilla (කොහු-කිරිල්ල)

French bonjour lasse

References

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  1. ^ "Microcos paniculata L. — the Plant List".
  2. ^ Microcos paniculata, South China Botanical Garden Herbarium via Flora of China
  3. ^ "What is Wang Lao Ji made from?– Part 3 of 7 Microcos paniculata Linn". Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  4. ^ Hing Kwok Chu, Joe (July 7, 2011), bù zhā yè 布渣葉, Complementary and Alternative Healing University
  5. ^ "Microcos paniculata - Shiral".
  6. ^ "Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka: Plants Details".
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