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Abrus precatorius - Gunja

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'''Abrus precatorius''' is a severely invasive plant in warm temperate to tropical regions, so much so that it has become effectively pantropical in distribution. It had been widely introduced by humans, and the brightly coloured and hard-shelled seeds had been spread by birds.
 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Blisters in mouths}}, {{Uses|mouth sores}}, {{Uses|bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Mild diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|physical weakness}}, {{Uses|ulcer}}, {{Uses|Urinary trouble}}, {{Uses|snakebite}}, {{Uses|infection in intestine}}.
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|mature seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
 
==Chemical Composition==
Mature seeds contain alkali like abrine, precatorine, etc., abraline; toxalbumin like abrin I, II, III, etc., abrus agglutinin I, II (A. P. A Ⅰ, Ⅱ), sterols like abricin, squnalene, alcohol likeβ-amyrin, cycloartenol, 5β-cholanic acid, abrussic acid, sophoradiol, trimethyltryptophan abrusin galactose, arabinose, xylose, polysaccharide and flavonoids compounds, Seed covers contain gallic acid, abranin), delphinidin.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Gulaganji|ml=Kunni, Kunnikkuru|sa=Gunja|ta=Gundumani, Kundumani|te=Gurivinda or Guriginja|hi=Gaungchi, Gunchi|en=equirity}}
 
==Properties==
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit| A small wiry straggler(5m)}}
 
==Identification==
===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}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|tropical}}, {{Commonly seen|Caribbean Islands}}, {{Commonly seen|subtropical}}, {{Commonly seen|pinelands}}, {{Commonly seen|hammocks}}.
 
==Photo Gallery==
File:Abrus_precatorius_%E2%80%94_Scott_Zona_001.jpg
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==References==
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
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==External Links==

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