MAHANIMBA

1. Botanical name : Melia azedarach
2. Family : Meliaceae
3. Tamil : Malai vembu
4. Hindi : Bakayan
5. Malayalam : Malaveppu
6. English : Chinaberry tree, Indian lilac, and Persian lilac
7. Habit : A short tree, grows upto 8-12 meters high. Trunk is little stout with spreading branch, the leaves are bipinnately compound and alternate having sharply serrate leaflets. The flowers are purplish and mildly fragrant growing in clusters. The fruit is roundish yellow drupe.
8. Distribution : It is native to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but is also found in India, China, and Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
9. Useful part : Roots, leaves, fruit and barks.
10. Rasa Panchaka
    1. Rasa : Tikta, Katu, Kasaya
    1. Guna : Laghu, Rukhsa
    1. Veerya : Sheeta
    1. Vipaka : Katu
    1. Karma : Pitta Kapha shamaka
11. Indications : Arsha, Kustha, Raktapitta, Prameha, Jvara
12. Dose : Seeds powder 1-3 gm.

Bark decoction 30 gm – 60 gm.

1. Formulations : Maha manjisthadi kwath, Mahavishagarbha tailam.