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'''Ingudi''' is a small very thorny tree found in the drier parts of India. It's hard fruits have long been used medicinally.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Liver and spleen diseases}}, {{Uses|Antidote for poisoning}}, {{Uses|Leucoderma}}, {{Uses|Relieves headache}}, {{Uses|Improves lactation}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=ingala, ingalike, ingaleeka|ml=namunta, nanchunta|sa=tapasataru, tiktaka, tiktarnajja, vinashaka, angaravruksha, vigandhaka|ta=nanchundan|te=gara-chettu, gari, ingudi|hi=hingot, hingol, hingan|en=Desert date, soapberyy tree}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub/Tree}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|2-foliate|Alternate|Leaves alternate. Leaf rachis up to 1cm long, leaflets elliptic lanceolate, entire, acute or obtuse at apex, 3.2 x 2 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Cyme||greenish white|5|Cyme 3-6 flowered, pedicel to 0.8 cm long, calyx lobes ovate, 0.35 cm long, grey pubescent without, villous within, 0.5 cm long}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupe|4.5-2.5 cm long|Fruit a capsule|The fleshy pulp of both unripe and ripe fruit is edible and can be eaten dried or fresh|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Arid area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Balanites roxburghii 1 flowers.jpg|Flowering branch of Hingot
File:Balanites roxburghii 2 flowers.jpg|Flowering branches of Hingot
File:Balanites roxburghii 3 flowers.jpg|Flowers of Hingot
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ac.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4098&cat=1 "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/30/ingudi-balanites-aegyptiaca/ "Uses"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://ayudrugs.blogspot.com/2010/12/ingudi.html]
* [http://www.kiran.nic.in/pdf/Agri-Kaleidoscope/Medicinal%20Plants/Balanites%20_roxburghii.pdf]
* [https://www.academia.edu/28400271/Composition_and_Physical_Properties_of_Hingot_Balanites_Roxburghii_-An_Non-Edible_Oil]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]], [[Category:Tree]]
'''Ingudi''' is a small very thorny tree found in the drier parts of India. It's hard fruits have long been used medicinally.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Liver and spleen diseases}}, {{Uses|Antidote for poisoning}}, {{Uses|Leucoderma}}, {{Uses|Relieves headache}}, {{Uses|Improves lactation}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=ingala, ingalike, ingaleeka|ml=namunta, nanchunta|sa=tapasataru, tiktaka, tiktarnajja, vinashaka, angaravruksha, vigandhaka|ta=nanchundan|te=gara-chettu, gari, ingudi|hi=hingot, hingol, hingan|en=Desert date, soapberyy tree}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub/Tree}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|2-foliate|Alternate|Leaves alternate. Leaf rachis up to 1cm long, leaflets elliptic lanceolate, entire, acute or obtuse at apex, 3.2 x 2 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Cyme||greenish white|5|Cyme 3-6 flowered, pedicel to 0.8 cm long, calyx lobes ovate, 0.35 cm long, grey pubescent without, villous within, 0.5 cm long}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupe|4.5-2.5 cm long|Fruit a capsule|The fleshy pulp of both unripe and ripe fruit is edible and can be eaten dried or fresh|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Arid area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Balanites roxburghii 1 flowers.jpg|Flowering branch of Hingot
File:Balanites roxburghii 2 flowers.jpg|Flowering branches of Hingot
File:Balanites roxburghii 3 flowers.jpg|Flowers of Hingot
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ac.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4098&cat=1 "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/30/ingudi-balanites-aegyptiaca/ "Uses"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://ayudrugs.blogspot.com/2010/12/ingudi.html]
* [http://www.kiran.nic.in/pdf/Agri-Kaleidoscope/Medicinal%20Plants/Balanites%20_roxburghii.pdf]
* [https://www.academia.edu/28400271/Composition_and_Physical_Properties_of_Hingot_Balanites_Roxburghii_-An_Non-Edible_Oil]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]], [[Category:Tree]]
