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[[File:(hybanthus enneaspermus) shrub at Kambalakonda 02.JPG|thumb|Spade flower]]
'''Hybanthus enneaspermus''' is a plant commonly found during the rainy season in dry regions with gravel and stones in deccan the Deccan plateu of India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Urinary tract infections}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=charaata, purusharatna|ml=nelam-parenda, orilattamara|sa=Purusharatna, padmacarini, charati|ta=oorithal thamarai, orilaittamarai|te=nelakobbari, purusharathnam|hi=ratanpurus|en=spade flower}}
==Properties==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate| Leaves subsessile, 0.6-3 x 0.3-1 cm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, margins distantly crenate, crenations scabrous hairy, apex acute, hirsute; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-lanceolate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary, solitary|Pink-Purple|5|pedicel 0.6-1.5 cm long, slender. Sepals 5, subequal, 2-3 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals 5, pinkish, unequal; lower one 0.8-1.5 cm long, suborbicular, clawed, other 4 smaller, 3-5 mm long, elliptic or triangular-oblong. Stamens 5, c. 2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled; ovules many; style clavate; stigma oblique.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|5 - 8 mm long|Seeds many, ovoid. ||Seeds many, ovoid.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Hybanthus Tumkur.jpg|Flower and capsule
File:(Hybanthus enneaspermus) flowers at Kambalakonda.jpg|Flowers
File:Hybanthus enneaspermus (Spade Flower) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9830.jpg|Flowers
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292604730_Hybanthus_enneaspermus_L_F_Muell_A_phytopharmacological_review_on_herbal_medicine Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://senthuherbals.blogspot.com/2014/08/hybanthus-enneaspermus-orithalthaamarai.html]
* [https://www.ayurvista.net/herbal%20plants/hybanthus-enneaspermus/]
[[Category:Herbs]]
