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[[File:Aerva tomentosa.JPG|thumb|right|''Buee'', ''Aerva javanica'']]
'''Buee''' (Hindi: बुई), or '''Aerva javanica''', the '''kapok bush''' or '''desert cotton''', is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It has a native distribution incorporating much of Africa (including Madagascar), and the south-west and south of Asia. ==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}<ref name="Uses"/> ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|roots}}, {{Parts Used|woolly spikes}}. ==Chemical Composition==Anthelmintics, Betulin, composition, Glycosides, helminthoses, helminths, Human diseases, infections, Medicinal plants, medicinal properties, parasites, parasitoses, plant extracts, Sterols, Terpenoids, traditional medicine<ref name="common nameschemical composition"/>
== Description Common names== The plant is herbaceous, multi-stemmed and soft-wooded and bears broad leaves; it often has an erect habit and grows to a height of about 1.6 metres (5 ft 3 in). In Western Australia it tends to grow in sandy soils especially along drainage lines. It flowers between January and October.<ref name{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en="des"/> Diplospory, a type of Agamospermy, occurs during the development of female gametophyte in the ovule and hence reduction division does not take place in the Megaspore mother cell. The diploid egg is unfertilized and forms the embryo. Hence daughter plants are exactly clones of the mother.Agrimony}}
== Uses Habit=={{Habit|Perennial}}
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual|up to 10 cm long and 10 mm wide|whitish flowers||Separate male and female flowers are borne on separate plants}}
==Common name=Fruit==={{Fruit|rounded|1-1.5 mm long|However, they can sometimes have a very faint surface pattern|With hooked hairs|Each fruit contains a single dark brown to black coloured seed}}
== References List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
<references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19900360742 "cookies on cab direct"]</ref><ref name= External Links =="Leaf">[https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/aerva_javanica.htm "weeds of australia"]</ref>
==External Links==
http://www.ceacsu.edu.pk/PDF%20file/Volume%2013%20No%2001/48-52-PJAEC-04102011-05-old.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267409203_Chemical_Compositions_of_the_Essential_oil_of_Aerva_javanica_Leaves_and_Stems
https://www.feedipedia.org/node/193
https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/aerva.javanica
[[Category:Herbs]]