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'''Kakkar''' is glorious tree native to the lower Himalayan slopes, from Afghanistan to Kumaon, cultivated for its attractive leaves, which are bright red when young.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Coughs}}, {{Uses|Phthisis}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|lDysentery}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Galls}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Chakrangi, kaakada shringi, karkaataka shringi|ml=|sa=chakra, chakrangi, chandraspada, ghosha, karkata|ta=kakkata-shinigi|te= kakarashingi, kaakara shingi|hi=kakra, kakra-singi, kareran, kakare, kakkar|en=Kakkar|mr=kaakad shingee, kaakada, kakra}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===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|Propagation}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the warm temperate to subtropical zones, just entering into the tropics in northern Myanmar. It can tolerate frosts. It prefers growing in areas with a mean annual rainfall in the region of 1,270mm<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Dry slopes}}, {{Commonly seen|Valleys along rivers}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:AbrusWhiteSeeds.jpg|White variety of seeds.
File:Abrus precatorius W IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' leaves and flowers
File:Abrus precatorius W2 IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' flowers
File:IndianLicorice 7899.JPG|''Abrus precatorius'' seeds
File:Abrus_precatorius_%E2%80%94_Scott_Zona_001.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728111350/http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id%3DD01344 "chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pistacia+integerrima "Cultivation Details"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/gunja-jequirity-information-and-medicinal-uses/197/ Gunja (Jequirity) Information and Medicinal Uses]
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/rati-plant Gunja on medicinal plants ]
* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/12/rosary-pea-abrus-precatorius/ Gunja-purification and side efffects]
* [http://www.planetayurveda.com/abrus_precatorius.htm Gunja-medicinal uses and benefits]
* [http://medicinal-plant-abrus.blogspot.in/ Medicinal Plant - Abrus precatorius]
[[Category:Herbs]]
'''Kakkar''' is glorious tree native to the lower Himalayan slopes, from Afghanistan to Kumaon, cultivated for its attractive leaves, which are bright red when young.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Coughs}}, {{Uses|Phthisis}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|lDysentery}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Galls}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Chakrangi, kaakada shringi, karkaataka shringi|ml=|sa=chakra, chakrangi, chandraspada, ghosha, karkata|ta=kakkata-shinigi|te= kakarashingi, kaakara shingi|hi=kakra, kakra-singi, kareran, kakare, kakkar|en=Kakkar|mr=kaakad shingee, kaakada, kakra}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===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|Propagation}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the warm temperate to subtropical zones, just entering into the tropics in northern Myanmar. It can tolerate frosts. It prefers growing in areas with a mean annual rainfall in the region of 1,270mm<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Dry slopes}}, {{Commonly seen|Valleys along rivers}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:AbrusWhiteSeeds.jpg|White variety of seeds.
File:Abrus precatorius W IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' leaves and flowers
File:Abrus precatorius W2 IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' flowers
File:IndianLicorice 7899.JPG|''Abrus precatorius'' seeds
File:Abrus_precatorius_%E2%80%94_Scott_Zona_001.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728111350/http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id%3DD01344 "chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pistacia+integerrima "Cultivation Details"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/gunja-jequirity-information-and-medicinal-uses/197/ Gunja (Jequirity) Information and Medicinal Uses]
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/rati-plant Gunja on medicinal plants ]
* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/12/rosary-pea-abrus-precatorius/ Gunja-purification and side efffects]
* [http://www.planetayurveda.com/abrus_precatorius.htm Gunja-medicinal uses and benefits]
* [http://medicinal-plant-abrus.blogspot.in/ Medicinal Plant - Abrus precatorius]
[[Category:Herbs]]
