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==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Lead (0.291 mg Kg-1), cadmium (0.780 mg Kg-1), chromium (0.172 mg Kg-1) and cobalt was found maximum in root parts whereas iron (414.0 mg Kg-1), zinc (68.33 mg Kg-1) and copper (60.33 mg Kg-1) was recorded in leaves.
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=|ksml=|mlsa=vidanga|mrta=|pate=|tahi=bandraru oleander, banwa, banwan, basuti, chapra, chhota mehndru|teen=Cape Myrtle, African boxwood, Thakisa}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Long Herbs}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|round in outline|The fine-toothed leaves are at first deep red, but on maturity become glossy and dark green.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower||small||}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||||cream white turns to red||Separate shrubs produce either male or female flowers, with the female plants producing purple berries. The hardy plant is long-lived.}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the drier tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 3,800 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 30°c, but can tolerate 5 - 35°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 600 - 800mm, but tolerates 450 - 1,000mm
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|tropical zones}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Myrsine africana kz1.jpgFile:Myrsine africana 2.jpgFile:Myrsine africana, manlik, Manie van der Schjiff BT, g.jpgFile:Myrsine africana.jpg
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==References==
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279599224_Phytochemical_analysis_of_fruit_extract_of_Myrsine_africana#:~:text=Micro%2Dminerals%20analysis%20reveals%20that,1)%20was%20recorded%20in%20leaves. Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/ref> <ref name="Leaf">["Cape%20Myrtle.html Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]<http://ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by Ctropical.Ptheferns.Khareinfo/viewtropical.php?id=Myrsine+africana Cultivation Details]</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ http://pza.sanbi.org/myrsine-africana Myrsine africana]* [ ]* [ ]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Pages without herbs imagesMyrsinaceae]]
