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'''Ghoṇṭā''' consists of fruit of Ziziphus xylopyrus Willd. (Fam. Rhamnaceae), a straggling shrub distributed in North-West India, U.P., Bihar and South India, in moist deciduous forests.
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
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==Chemical Composition==
The pulp of the fruit contains reducing sugars, sucrose, citric acid, carotene, vitamin C and tannins.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Yeranu|ml=|sa=Ghoṭī, Goṭikā|ta=Kottai, Mulkottai|te=Gotti, Got, Gotiki|hi=Ghunta, Kakora, Kaathabera|en=Jujab}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kaṭu, Madhura, Kaṣāya
===Guna===
Laghu
===Veerya===
Uṣṇa
===Vipaka===
Kaṭu
===Karma===
Vātahara, Viṣaghna
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|}}
==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==
*Aragvadhādi Kvātha Cūrṇa
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]