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'''Partridge berry''', '''mitchella repens''', or '''squaw vine''', is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae).

== Description Uses== Partridge berry is an evergreen plant growing as a non-climbing vine{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, no taller than 6 cm tall with creeping stems 15 to 30 cm long. The evergreen{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, dark green{{Uses|Blotches}}, shiny leaves are ovate to cordate in shape. The leaves have a pale yellow midrib. The petioles are short{{Uses|Pimples}}, and the leaves are paired oppositely on the stems. Adventitious roots may grow at the nodes; and rooting stems may branch and root repeatedly{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, producing loose spreading mats.{{Uses|Sore throats}}

The small, trumpet-shaped, axillary flowers are produced in pairs, and each flower pair arises from one common calyx which is covered with fine hairs. Each flower has four white petals, one pistil, and four stamens. Partridge Berry is a distylous taxa. The plants have either flowers with long pistils and short stamens (long-styled flowers, called the pin), or have short pistils and long stamens (short-styled flowers, called the thrum).<ref name="des"/> The two style morphs are genetically determined, so the pollen from one morph does not fertilize the other morph=Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried folaige}}, resulting in a form of heteromorphic self-incompatibility{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.

The ovaries of the twin flowers fuse==Chemical Composition==Contains volatile oils, so that there are two flowers for each berry. The two bright red spots on each berry are vestiges of this process. The fruit ripens between July flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and Octobertormentic acid, phenolic acids, and may persist through the winter.3%–21% tannins<ref name="chemical composition"/>

== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Partridge berry}}

*Mitchella repens is cultivated for its ornamental red berries and shiny==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, bright green foliage.[11] It is grown as a creeping ground cover in shady locations. It is rarely propagated for garden use by way of seeds but cuttings are easyRasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.*American Indian women made a tea from the leaves and berries that was consumed during childbirth.===Dravya===

==Common name=Rasa===

* '''English''' ===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3- partridge berry6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Seed - it germinates better if given 3 months cold stratification and so it is best sown as soon as it is ripe in the autumn[113]. Sow stored seed as early in the year as possible. Make sure that all the fruit pulp is removed from the seed because it contains germination inhibitors. <ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Mitchella repens 03.jpgMitchella repens 2004.JPGMitchella repens 4423.JPGMitchella repens William Penn State Forest.jpg</gallery> ==References==

<ref name="deschemical composition">Reproductive Biology of Distylous Partridgeberry, Mitchella repens[https://www. David Jsciencedirect. Hicks, Robert Wyatt and Thomas Rcom/science/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub Sciencedirect]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://web. Meagher Volarchive. 72, Noorg/web/20131226161459/http://www. 10 (Octwildflowers-guide., 1985), ppcom/39-agrimony. 1503-1514 Stable URL:html Plant morphology]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://www.jstorpfaf.org/stableuser/2443300Plant.aspx?seqLatinName=1#page_scan_tab_contentsMitchella+repens Cultivation details]</ref>

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