View source for Cruciata laevipes - Smooth bedstraw

[[File:Cruciata laevipes closeup.jpg|thumb|right|''Crosswort'', ''Cruciata laevipes'']]


'''Crosswort''' is a species of Flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. 

==Uses==
{{Uses|Cancer}}, {{Uses|Epilepsy}}, {{Uses|Hysteria}}, {{Uses|Spasms}}, {{Uses|Tumors}}, {{Uses|Loss of appetite}}, {{Uses|Lung ailments}}, {{Uses|Chest ailments}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.

==Chemical Composition==
Combination of mechanical and herbicide treatments may be most effective. This plant has a high tolerance to some herbicides<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===

===Rasa===

===Guna===

===Veerya===

===Vipaka===

===Karma===

===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Perennial herb}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Leaves are whorled around the stem with three or more leaves per node along the stem}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|White|5-20|The white corolla has 4 lobes (rarely 3) which are pointed at the tip}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Carpel|7–10 mm|The rhizomatous root system allows this plant to reproduce vegetatively|With hooked hairs|One}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''

==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.

==How to plant/cultivate==
Prefers a loose moist leafy soil in some shade<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Open woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|Scrub area}}, {{Commonly seen|Hedges}}, {{Commonly seen|Waysides and pastures}}, {{Commonly seen|Calcareous soils}}

==Photo Gallery==
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==References==

<references> 
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Invasives/fact/WhiteBedstraw.html Chemical Constituents]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=11549 Appearance of leaves]</ref>

<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cruciata+laevipes Cultivation details]</ref>
</references>

==External Links==
* [https://wildseed.co.uk/species/view/41 Cruciata laevipes on emors gate seeds.in]
* [https://extension.psu.edu/catchweed-bedstraw Cruciata laevipes on pennstate extension]
* [https://projects.sare.org/sare_project/one04-025/ Managing Smooth Bedstraw (Galium mollugo L.) in Forage Crops]


[[Category:Herbs]]

[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Rubiaceae]]