HERBISAURUS

Toddy palm (Sugar palm, Palmyra palm or Cambodian palm) is the national tree of Cambodia. It is a native of South East Asia and also grown in Africa, India and Malaysia. It is a member of the palm family. It is a large tree that reaches up to a height of 25-30 meters. The has a broad bark, long and spiny stalk, unisexual flowers, and fan shaped leathery leaves deeply divided up to the centre. The fruit resembles a coconut. It is three sided, is deep purplish in colour. It con

Type 2 Diabetes is the body’s inability to use insulin or the pancreas not secreting enough insulin. This causes a rise in the blood sugar level. Type 2 diabetes is not insulin dependent; it can be managed by sugar level lowering medicines, diet control, exercises and lifestyle changes. However, if left untreated, it can cause many health problems such as kidney damage, eye problems including retinal damage and cardiovascular diseases. Causes: Obesity, age, sedentary lifestyl

Wood apple (curd fruit, elephant apple and monkey fruit in English, bilin, kait, kalbel and kavitha in Hindi) is a woody fruit native of India. It grows in dry places of South East Asia and Malaysia. The pulp is made or added to chutneys, jams and jellies. The tree of wood apple grows up to the height of 25-30 meters consisting of spiny ridged bark. Branches bear alternate leathery minutely toothed leaves. It bears bisexual dull red flowers on the top of branches, followed by

Atylosia volubilis aka Cajanus Crassus (Bana kandula in Orissa) is the medicinal plant traditionally used in Orissa to treat diabetes. It is a member of pea family. The plant is a climber reaching up to the height of 5-6 meters bearing trifoliate leaves. Each leaflet is oval shaped. Flowers are yellow followed by fruit called pods with flattened ridges between seeds. It is native of Central and Eastern India. It also grows in West Himalayan region and Andaman and Nicobar. Par