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'''Alambusha''' is an herbaceous plant with pinnate leaves which are sensitive to touch. Yellow flowers are borne on stalks. It can be found in moist shady places.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Urinary calculi}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Abscesses}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=dodda horamuchhaka, dodda horamuni, ghaati horamuni|ml=mukkutti|sa=alambusa, jalapushpa, panktipatra, pitapushpa, viparitalajjalu|ta= tintanali|te=attapatti, atti pathri, chumi, jala puspa|hi=lajjalu, lakhshana|en=}}
<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), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|Alternate|Leaves 1.5-8 cm long; petioles to 2 cm long; leaflets 7-15 pairs; terminal pair the largest, obovate, curved, ca 12 x 7 mm; upper ones oblong, ca 10 x 6 mm; basal ones ovate, obtuse at base, short-apiculate at apex, ca 7 x 4 mm; apical bristles to 1.5 mm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexual|6-8 mm across|Yellow and red|10|Sepals 5, lanceolate, to 5 mm long, glandular-pubescent, 5-nerved. Petals 5, oblong to 8 mm long. Stamens 10, short ones to 1 mm long, long ones to 3 mm long; staminal tube to 1.5 mm long; filaments sparsely puberulous. Ovary to 1.5 mm long; style to 1.8 mm long, 2-fid, puberulous at base. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|6-8 cm long|Capsules glandular-pubescent along septa; seeds 2(-4) in each locule, concentrically 9-ridged. ||}}
===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}}
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/dasapushpam-the-traditional-uses-and-the-therapeutic-potential-of-ten-sacred-plants-of-kerala-state-in-india/?view=fulltext"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/biophytum-sensitivum-dc-a-review/?view=fulltext]
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401679/]
* [http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/biophytum-sensitivum.html]
* [http://www.keralaayurvedics.com/herbs-plants/flowers/mukkutti-biophytum-sensitivum-flowers-of-kerala.html]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
