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Salvia microphylla - Baby sage

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'''Salvia microphylla''' ('''Baby sage, Graham's sage, Blackcurrant sage''') is a perennial shrub found in the wild in southeastern Arizona and the mountains of eastern, western, and southern Mexico. It is a very complex species which easily hybridizes, resulting in numerous hybrids and cultivars brought into horticulture since the 1990s. The specific epithet microphylla, from the Greek, means "small leaved". In Mexico, it is called "mirto de montes," or "myrtle of the mountains."
== Description ==
Salvia microphylla grows to 1 to 1.3 m (3.3 to 4.3 ft) tall and wide, blooming in its first year and growing to full size in its second year. The leaves are ovate shaped, of varying sizes, and smooth or lightly covered with hairs. When crushed, the leaves have a strong fragrance, which has been described as pleasant and mint-like, but also as similar to that of blackcurrants, leading to the use of "Blackcurrant Sage" as an English name for this species.<ref name="des"/> It sometimes spreads underground, producing dense patches.
Along with its cultivars ==Uses=={{Uses|rheumatism}}, {{Uses|eye diseases}}, {{Uses|gonorrhea}}, {{Uses|diabetes}}, {{Uses|gout}}, {{Uses|diabetes}}. ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}. ==Chemical Composition==Seed contains anthraquinones,namely; (aurantio-obtusin, chryso-obtusin,obtusin, chrysoobtusin-2-O-beta-glucoside,physcion,emodin,chrysophanol,obtusifolin,obtusifolin-2-O-beta-D-glucoside, alaternin 2-O-β-Dglucopyranoside)15, brassinosteroids(brassinolide, castasterone, typhasterol,teasterone, and hybrids28-norcastasterone), Sandmonoglycerides (monopalmitin andmonoolein)16. microphylla blooms heavily in late spring Phenolic glycosides such asrubrofusarin triglucoside, nor-rubrofusaringentiobioside, demethylflavasperonegentiobioside, torachrysone gentiobioside,torachrysone tetraglucoside and again in autumntorachrysoneapioglucoside were also isolated 17<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=āvarike|ml=|sa=Aaavartaki|ta=āvārai|te=taṃgēḍu|hi=Tarwar|en=Avaram senna}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Evergreen Perennial shrub}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|alternate|stipulate|The leaves are alternate, stipulate, paripinnate compound, very numerous, closely placed, rachis 8.8-12.5 cm long, narrowly furrowed, slender, pubescent, with sporadic flowering yearan erect linear gland between the leaflets of each pair, leaflets 16-24, very shortly stalked 2-2.5 cm long 1-round in mild conditions1.3 cm broad, slightly overlapping, oval oblong, obtuse, at both the ends}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|bisexual|2. 5 cm long|bright yellow|5-20|The flowers racemes are arranged few-flowered, short, erect, crowded in whorlsaxils of upper leaves so as to form a large terminal inflorescence stamens barren; the ovary is superior, unilocular, with a wide range marginal ovules.}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|short legume|7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|oblong, obtuse, tipped with long style base, flat, thin, papery, undulately crimpled, pilose, pale brown.|12-20 seeds}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of color: magentaPropagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, red{{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==A plant usually of higher elevations in the tropics, pinkoccasionally descending as low as 1, and rose200 metres. <ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|dry regions of India}}, {{Commonly seen|sea coast}}, {{Commonly seen|dry zone in Sri Lanka}}. 
== Uses Photo Gallery== *Salvia microphylla is grown in central Mexico as a medicinal plant, and used for making tea.*An infusion of the flowers and leaves have been used in the treatment of fevers<ref namegallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="uses140px"/>File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
==Common name==Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery>
* '''English''' - Baby sage==References==
<references> <ref name="chemical composition">[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi= References 10.1.1.679.2571&rep=rep1&type= pdf "Pharmacological"]<references/ref><ref name="desLeaf">[http://www.webcitationeol.org/5s7Zck1s9 Norfolk Herbs online cataloguepages/703261/details "eol.ord"]</ref><ref name="usesHow to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Salvia+microphylla Salvia microphylla"trophical plants"]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_microphylla Salvia microphylla]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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