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[[File:Crotalaria verrucosa.jpg|thumb|right|''Brihatapushpi'', ''Crotalaria verrucosa'']]
'''Brihatapushpi''', Crotalaria verrucosa is an erect or spreading, much-branched, annual, sub-woody plant growing 50 - 100cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as a green manure and is a potential ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Throat disorders}}, {{Uses|Laryngitis}}, {{Uses|Cardiac disorders}}, {{Uses|Oral disorders}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Fever}} {{Uses|BLood disorders}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaf}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=gijate, giji-giji gida, gijibeeji|ml=kilukiluppa, pee-tandale-cotti|sa=brihatapushpi, dhavani, shanapuspi|ta=amparanemi, amparanemicceti, avaratimatu|te=alla galli gheetsa, alla gili giccha, ghalegherinta, gilagoranta|hi=banshana, jhanjhania|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), Katu (Pungent), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 2.5-7 x 2.5-4.5 cm, ovate-rhomboid or ovate-deltoid, base acute, apex obtuse or acute, appressed-pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 2-3 mm long; stipules foliaceous, 5-10 mm long, ovate to falcate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal or leaf opposed racemes|Violet-Blue||Flowers up to 1.5 cm long; pedicels 3-5 mm long; bracts lanceolate. Calyx 0.7-1 cm long, pubescent, with deltoid, acute lobes longer than the tube. Corolla blue or white; standard c. 1.2 cm long, broadly ovate; wings obovate; keels oblong. Staminal sheath to 6 mm long; filaments c. 5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, appressed pubescent; style geniculate.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|2.5-3.5 x 0.8-1 cm||oblong-cylindrical, inflated, 10-16-seeded|Seeds 3-4.5 x 3-4 mm, obliquely cordiform, yellowish to brownish.}}
===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==
Seed - sow in situ. Pre-soaking the seed for 12 hours in warm water can help to reduce germination time.
<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Crotalaria verrucosa-2-mundanthurai-tirunelveli-India.jpg|Leaf and pods
File:Crotalaria verrucosa Goa 107.JPG|Flowers
File:Crotalaria verrucosa 03.JPG|Pods
File:Flower 5392.jpg|Flowers
File:Crotalaria verrucosa-3-mundanthurai-tirunelveli-India.jpg|Stem
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/10/07/shanapushpi-crotalaria-verrucosa/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229374 Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Crotalaria+verrucosa Cultivation details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.indianmedicinalplants.info/herbs/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-plants/47-2012-03-14-06-46-21/561--crotalaria-verrucosa-]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
'''Brihatapushpi''', Crotalaria verrucosa is an erect or spreading, much-branched, annual, sub-woody plant growing 50 - 100cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as a green manure and is a potential ornamental.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Throat disorders}}, {{Uses|Laryngitis}}, {{Uses|Cardiac disorders}}, {{Uses|Oral disorders}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Fever}} {{Uses|BLood disorders}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaf}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=gijate, giji-giji gida, gijibeeji|ml=kilukiluppa, pee-tandale-cotti|sa=brihatapushpi, dhavani, shanapuspi|ta=amparanemi, amparanemicceti, avaratimatu|te=alla galli gheetsa, alla gili giccha, ghalegherinta, gilagoranta|hi=banshana, jhanjhania|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), Katu (Pungent), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves 2.5-7 x 2.5-4.5 cm, ovate-rhomboid or ovate-deltoid, base acute, apex obtuse or acute, appressed-pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 2-3 mm long; stipules foliaceous, 5-10 mm long, ovate to falcate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal or leaf opposed racemes|Violet-Blue||Flowers up to 1.5 cm long; pedicels 3-5 mm long; bracts lanceolate. Calyx 0.7-1 cm long, pubescent, with deltoid, acute lobes longer than the tube. Corolla blue or white; standard c. 1.2 cm long, broadly ovate; wings obovate; keels oblong. Staminal sheath to 6 mm long; filaments c. 5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, appressed pubescent; style geniculate.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|2.5-3.5 x 0.8-1 cm||oblong-cylindrical, inflated, 10-16-seeded|Seeds 3-4.5 x 3-4 mm, obliquely cordiform, yellowish to brownish.}}
===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==
Seed - sow in situ. Pre-soaking the seed for 12 hours in warm water can help to reduce germination time.
<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Crotalaria verrucosa-2-mundanthurai-tirunelveli-India.jpg|Leaf and pods
File:Crotalaria verrucosa Goa 107.JPG|Flowers
File:Crotalaria verrucosa 03.JPG|Pods
File:Flower 5392.jpg|Flowers
File:Crotalaria verrucosa-3-mundanthurai-tirunelveli-India.jpg|Stem
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/10/07/shanapushpi-crotalaria-verrucosa/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229374 Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Crotalaria+verrucosa Cultivation details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.indianmedicinalplants.info/herbs/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-plants/47-2012-03-14-06-46-21/561--crotalaria-verrucosa-]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
