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'''Prunus fruticosa, ''' is the European dwarf cherry,<ref name="int"/> or dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry is a deciduous, xerophytic, winter-hardy, cherry-bearing shrub. It is also called ground cherry and European ground cherry, but is not to be confused with plants in the distinct "Groundcherry" genus of Physalis.

== Description Uses== As a shrub Prunus fruticosa grows 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) high and as wide{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, in almost any soil{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, but best in loamy soil{{Uses|Blotches}}, spreading via suckers. Roots are abundant. The plant requires full sun{{Uses|Pimples}}, it is a steppe rather than a forest plant{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, although it does form thickets at the edges of open forest.{{Uses|Sore throats}}

The bark is dark brown with yellow lenticels. The leaves are oblanceolate to obovate==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Fruits}}, about 12 mm by 6 mm, with acumenate apex, glabrous above, thick, serrated with crenate margin, dark green, yellow in autumn, with a short petiole{{Parts Used|Seeds}}.

The flowers are white hermaphroditic blossoms in leafy bracts located 2-4 each on short peduncles in sessile umbels. They are pollinated by bees. In the Northern Hemisphere==Chemical Composition==Four sugars (sucrose, the plant flowers in May. The fruit is light to dark redglucose, globose to pyriformfructose and sorbitol) and four organic acids (malic, about 8–25 mm in diametercitric, ripening in August. The taste is sour-sweetshikimic, or tart.and fumaric acid)<ref name="chemical composition"/>

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

*As a sour tasting cherry==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, the fruit is used in cookingKarma - Pharmacological activity, and for jams and jellies. It has medicinal uses as an astringent.<ref name="uses"/> The flowers are its basis of beePrabhava -keeping honey plantTherepeutics. *A green dye can be obtained from the leaves<ref name="uses2"/>*In small amounts this exceedingly poisonous compound stimulates respiration, improves digestion and gives a sense of well-being<ref name="uses2"/>=Dravya===

==Common name=Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===

==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|ovate-elliptical|Leaf Margin is Crenate-serrulate}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|White|5-20|Flower Type is 2 or 4 flowers in sessile umbels, with leafy bracts}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Cherry|2-4cm|Fruit Type is Cherry-shaped fruit, globose|Fruit Color is Dark red|}} ===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==Thrives in a well-drained moisture-retentive loamy soil, growing well on limestone<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Thickets and dry grassland}}, {{Commonly seen|Forest-steppes and steppe zone}}, {{Commonly seen|broad-leaved forest margins}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Image:Prunus fruticosa 1.jpgImage:Prunus fruticosa 2.jpgImage:Prunus fruticosa (Zwerg-Weichsel) IMG 8469.JPGImage:Prunus fruticosa (Zwerg-Weichsel) IMG 8465.JPGImage:Prunus fruticosa (Zwerg-Weichsel) IMG 8463.JPGImage:Prunus fruticosa (Zwerg-Weichsel) IMG 8666.JPGImage:Prunus fruticosa (Zwerg-Weichsel) IMG 8665.JPGImage:Prunus fruticosa (Zwerg-Weichsel) IMG 2187.JPG</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[https://plantsonlinelibrary.usdawiley.govcom/coredoi/profile?symbol=PRFR2 abs/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02777.x "Prunus fruticosachemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="usesLeaf">[https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook/th-3-9.pdf " Prunus fruticosa (Mongolian Cherry)General Description"]</ref> <ref name="uses2How to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Prunus+fruticosa Prunus fruticosa - Pall - Plants for a future"Cultivation details"]</ref>

== External Links == * [http://www.indianmirror.com/ayurveda/agrimony.html]*[https://enwww.wikipediapfaf.org/wikiuser/Prunus_fruticosa Prunus fruticosa Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agrimonia+eupatoria]* [https://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/agrimony- Wikipediaherb.html]* [https://www.globalherbalsupplies.com/herb_information/agrimony.htm]* [https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/agrim015.html]