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Caesalpinia crista - Kuberaksha

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[[File:Caesalpinia crista-Leaves.JPG|thumb|right|''Caesalpinia crista'', ''kantakareja'', ''Gajjuga Kayi'', ''Gajjuga mara'']]
'''Caesalpinia crista''' grows throughout India up to 800 meters elevation. It is a large straggling, very thorny shrub. The branches are armed with hooks and straight, hard, yellow prickles.
 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|bladder stones}}, {{Uses|kidney stones}}, {{Uses|malaria}}, {{Uses|colic}}, {{Uses|rash}}, {{Uses|ulcers}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|hydrocele}}
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}.
 
==Chemical Composition==
Bonbucin, Sitosterol, Phytosterol, Heptocosanc<ref name="chemical composition"/>
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kiri-gejjuga|ml=kazhanchi|sa=kantaki karanja|ta=mut-konrai|te=mullutige|hi=Latakaranja|en=Crested Fever Nut}}
 
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
 
===Rasa===
Tikta ,Kashaya
 
===Guna===
Laghu, Ruksha
 
===Veerya===
Usna
 
===Vipaka===
Katu
 
===Karma===
Tridoshahara, varnaropana ,Sothahara
 
===Prabhava===
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Compound|Compound|Mature Foliage Colour is Green and Mature Foliage Texture is Glossy / Shiny, Leathery}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|2-4cm long|Orange, Yellow / Golden|5|Flower Grouping is Cluster / Inflorescence and Flower Location is Axillary}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple||Fruit Type is Dehiscent Dry Fruit |Mature Fruit Colour is Brown|seed is black}}
 
===Other features===
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
'''Caesalpinia crista''' is one of the herbs mentioned in all Ayurvedic texts and has been freely used all over India since centuries. Traditionally, it is used in post partum period, as it is a uterine stimulant, ==Where to cleanse get the uterus. It also alleviates the fever, edema and abdominal pain during this period. It has numerous synonyms like duhsparsa – difficult to touch, kantaki karanja – having prickles; vajra bijaka – having hard seeds, kanta phala – has fruits covered with prickles etcsaplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}.
It grows throughout India up ==How to 800 meters elevation. It is a large straggling, very thorny shrub. The branches are armed with hooks and straight, hard, yellow prickles. The leaves, 3 cm long are bipinnate, stipules foliaceous. Pinnae 7 pairs, leaflets 3-8. The flowers pale yellow in color, plant/cultivate==Succeeds in supra-axillary racemes at the top. The fruits ae inflated podsany moderately fertile, covered with prickles, 6 cm long, 1well-2 seeds per pod. The seeds are globular, hard, bluish grey with a smooth shiny surface. The drained soi<ref name="How to plant flowers in June and fruits in November. /cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|River banks}}, {{Commonly seen|sandy beaches}}, {{Commonly seen|chalk and limestone}}, {{Commonly seen|Asia - coastal area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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== Uses References==
The seeds root – bark and the leaves are used for medicinal purpose<references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www. The herb is used both, internally as well as externally, externally, the paste of its leaves applied, serves to relieve the pain and edemaliveayurvedalife. The massage with its seedcom/lata-oil particularly helps in rheumatic disorders and arthritis. The wounds and ulcers should be dressed with the paste of its seed mashed in water. On traumatic swellings, the lukewarm paste of the leaves of latakaranja, arka and errand is applied with benefit. In abdominal flatulence, the paste of its seeds mashed in water, eases the problem. On testicular swelling due to hydrocele, the thick paste of its seed is applied. It also works well in traumatic swelling of the testes. karanja-caesalpinia-crista/ "chemical constituents"]</ref>
'''Caesalpinia crista''' is the best medication for malarial fever<ref name="Leaf">[https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=5731 "Morphology"]</ref>
==Common <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caesalpinia+crista "trophical palnts"]</ref></references>
* '''English''' - Fever nut==External Links==* '''Kannada''' http://www.planetayurveda.com/library/latakaranja- ಗಜಗ ಕಾಯ* '''Hindi''' caesalpinia- Kantakarejacrista Caesalpinia crista on planet ayurveda
[[Category:Herbs]]
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