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Crateva religiosa - Varuna

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[[File:Crataeva magna 35.JPG|thumb|right|''Varuna'', ''Crateva religiosa'']]
'''VarunaCrateva religiosa''', Crateva religiosa is a small spreading tree with trifoliate leaves that emit a pungent smell when bruised. This herb is in use since the time of the Vedas.
==Uses==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bilapatriBilapatri, hoddelenageHoddelenage, holenekkiHolenekki, mavalangaMavalanga, mavilingaMavilinga, naraveNarave, narumbalaNarumbala, narumbeleNarumbele, neervaala Neervaala mara|ml=killiKilli, neervalaNeervala, niramathalamNiramathalam, niravilaNiravila, nirmatalamNirmatalam|sa=tiktaTikta-shaka, varunaVaruna, kumarakaKumaraka, marutapahaMarutapaha|ta=Adhicharam, adhimalamAdhimalam, narvalaNarvala, mavilankaiMavilankai, mavilankamMavilankam, mavilankuMavilanku|te=chinnaulimidiChinnaulimidi, magalingamuMagalingamu, maareduMaaredu, mogalingamMogalingam|hi=barnaBarna, vaivarnoVaivarno|en=Sacred Barna, Garlic pear tree|ma=vayavarnaVayavarna, haravarnaHaravarna, karvanKarvan, kumlaKumla, nirvalaNirvala}}
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==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Trifoliate|alternate|Leaves alternate, digitately trifoliate; rachis 4-12 cm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; petiolule 4-7 mm long, slender; leaflets 10-20 x 3.5-6 cm, unequal, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or broadly elliptic, base acute, or subacute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-15 pairs, slender, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal corymbs|White-yellow|many|pedicel to 5 cm long. Sepals 4, 3 mm long, free, oblong, adnate to the lobed disc. Petals 4, ca. 2 cm long, creamy white, often tinged with purple, long-clawed, obovate. Disc incurved, nectariferous. Stamens many, free, longer than the petals, inserted at the base of gynophore; anthers basifixed, filaments spreading. Gynophore 4-5 cm long at anthesis, slender; ovary superior, ellipsoid, 1-[2]-celled, ovules many; stigma sessile, capitate.Flowering and fruiting is from March to May}}
===Fruit===
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
Seeds from ripe fruit have to be planted immediately as they lose viability quickly. Cuttings of semi-woody stems can also be planted.
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