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'''Tailapatra''', is an evergreen shrub, occasionally a small tree. It usually grows around 100 - 300cm tall, occasionally reaching 400cm. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and as a source of essential oil.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Pain relief}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Oil}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=gandhapoora mara, haemanth harithaa, maalaayi, moolai|ml=Kolakkattachedi|sa=carmapatra, hemantaharita, nilaphala, swetapuspa, tailapatra|ta=kolakkai|te=|hi=gandapuro|en=Fragrant wintergreen}}
<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), Madhura (Sweet), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Teekshna (Sharp), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Vata, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves to 8 x 4 cm, elliptic, acute to obtuse at both ends, thick coriaceous, reddish gland dotted, aromatic, serrulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|racemes|White|10|Racemes to 8 cm long in upper axils. Calyx 5 lobed, lobes 4 mm, triangular, margins hairy; corolla 5 mm wide, urceolate, tube 5 mm long, lobes 5, round, reflexed; stamens 10; ovary 3 mm wide.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|8 x 6 mm||Cupular, blue with red stalk.|}}
===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|Sub tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Gaultheria fragrantissima at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (17).jpg|Leaf
File:Gaultheria fragrantissima at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (15).jpg|Flowers
File:Gaultheria fragrantissima at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (9).jpg|Leaves
File:Gaultheriaforrestii.jpg|Flowers
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/4586424088/in/photolist-8a6NfB-6a49Zt-7Z9fi1-6qzfmi-8a9YrA-7ZhC6o-5fL5qB
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/wintergreen-gaultheria-fragrantissima-information-uses-and-side-effects/62/ 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://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Gaultheria+fragrantissima]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
'''Tailapatra''', is an evergreen shrub, occasionally a small tree. It usually grows around 100 - 300cm tall, occasionally reaching 400cm. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and as a source of essential oil.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Pain relief}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Oil}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=gandhapoora mara, haemanth harithaa, maalaayi, moolai|ml=Kolakkattachedi|sa=carmapatra, hemantaharita, nilaphala, swetapuspa, tailapatra|ta=kolakkai|te=|hi=gandapuro|en=Fragrant wintergreen}}
<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), Madhura (Sweet), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Teekshna (Sharp), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Vata, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves to 8 x 4 cm, elliptic, acute to obtuse at both ends, thick coriaceous, reddish gland dotted, aromatic, serrulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|racemes|White|10|Racemes to 8 cm long in upper axils. Calyx 5 lobed, lobes 4 mm, triangular, margins hairy; corolla 5 mm wide, urceolate, tube 5 mm long, lobes 5, round, reflexed; stamens 10; ovary 3 mm wide.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|8 x 6 mm||Cupular, blue with red stalk.|}}
===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|Sub tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Gaultheria fragrantissima at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (17).jpg|Leaf
File:Gaultheria fragrantissima at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (15).jpg|Flowers
File:Gaultheria fragrantissima at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala (9).jpg|Leaves
File:Gaultheriaforrestii.jpg|Flowers
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/4586424088/in/photolist-8a6NfB-6a49Zt-7Z9fi1-6qzfmi-8a9YrA-7ZhC6o-5fL5qB
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.bimbima.com/herbs/wintergreen-gaultheria-fragrantissima-information-uses-and-side-effects/62/ 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://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Gaultheria+fragrantissima]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
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