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'''Crosswort''' is a species of [[Flowering plant]] in the Rubiaceae family. It is commonly known as '''Cruciata laevipes, smooth bedstraw or Luc na croise in Gaelic'''.<ref name="int"/> The Latin epithet laevipes refers to the smooth stalk.

== Description Uses== This perennial sprawling plant can grow to a height of 15–70 cm{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, spreads by seeds and stolons and has{{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, unusually amongst this group{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, yellow hermaphrodite flowers. The inner flowers are male and soon fall off{{Uses|Blotches}}, whilst the outer are bisexual and produce the fruit. The flowers smell of honey. Of the whorls of four leaves{{Uses|Pimples}}, only two in each group are real leaves{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, the other two being stipules. It is associated with arbuscular mycorrhiza that penetrate the cortical cells of the roots.{{Uses|Sore throats}}

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

*it is considered as a good wound herbs for both inward and outward wounds. ==Chemical Composition==*Cruciata laevipes is little used in herbal medicine today, but it was once recommended as a remedy for rupture, rheumatism Combination of mechanical and dropsyherbicide treatments may be most effective.<ref name="uses"/> Bald's Leechbook recommended crosswort as This plant has a cure for headaches. *The red dye is obtained from the roothigh tolerance to some herbicides<ref name="uses2chemical composition"/>

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

* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - smooth bedstrawSubstance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

== References =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==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Cruciata laevipes closeup.jpgFile:Cruciata laevipes planten.jpgFile:Cruciata laevipes top.jpgFile:Cruciata laevipes10.jpgFile:Cruciata laevipes11.jpgFile:cruciata_laevipes.jpegFile:Cruciata laevipes IP0405095.jpgFile:Cruciata laevipes a1.jpgFile:Cruciata laevipes a2.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[https://wwwdnr.itiswi.gov/servlettopic/Invasives/SingleRptfact/SingleRpt?search_topic=Scientific_Name&search_kingdom=every&search_span=exactly_for&categories=All&source=WhiteBedstraw.html&search_credRating=All&search_value=Cruciata%20laevipes#null ITIS Report"Chemical"]</ref> <ref name="usesLeaf">[httphttps://russianherbswww.invasiveplantatlas.org/herbs/CROSSWORTsubject.htm Medicinal plantshtml?sub=11549 "appearance of leaves"]</ref> <ref name="uses2How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cruciata+laevipes Plants for a future"Cultivation details"]</ref>

== 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://enprojects.wikipediasare.org/wikisare_project/Cruciata_laevipes Cruciata laevipesone04-Wikipedia025/ Managing Smooth Bedstraw (Galium mollugo L.) in Forage Crops]