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Cucurbita moschata - Butternut

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[[File:Butternut nut.jpg|thumb|right|''Juglans cinerea'', ''Butternut'']]
'''Butternut''', commonly known as '''Juglans cinerea or white walnut''', is a species of walnut native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
 
==Uses==
{{Uses|abdominal cramps}}, {{Uses|intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|tape worm}}, {{Uses|reddish blotches}}, {{Uses|haemorrhages}}, {{Uses|jaundice}}, {{Uses|headache}}, {{Uses|ophthalmia}}, {{Uses|kinds of tumours}}
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|young stems}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}
 
==Chemical Composition==
Protein was analyzed using the macro-Kjeldahl method (AOAC 984.13) using a Foss Kjeltec 2300 automatic analyzer (Foss Tecator AB, Höganäs, Sweden)ref name="chemical composition"/>
 
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
 
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual Climber Tree}}
 
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Prostrate|Internodes to 10 cm, scabrous. Leaves 5-7-lobed, 16 x 24 cm, velvety, lobes acute; petiole to 15 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
 
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|8 cm wide|pale yellow|Stamens 3|Flowers Season is June - August}}
 
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Stamens 3|6 cm||Fruit oblong, contracted in the middle|seeds numerous, to 12 x 8 mm}}
 
===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 Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
The plant can be grown from the temperate zone to the tropics, so long as there is a warm growing season of at least 150 days<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
 
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Odermennig.jpg
File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
 
Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296918/ "Ncbi artical"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244545 "flowers of ndia"]</ref>
 
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria "practical palnts"]</ref>
</references>
 
==External Links==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17511465]
* [http://pubs.sciepub.com/plant/3/1/3/index.html]
* [http://eol.org/pages/584408/overview]
* [https://www.britannica.com/plant/Cucurbita-moschata]
 
* [https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17068]
[[Category:Herbs]]

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