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[[File:Sutherlandia frutescens 01.jpg|thumb|right|''Sutherlandia frutescens'', ''cancer bush'', ''Balloon pea'']]
'''Sutherlandia frutescens''' is a southern African legume which has traditionally been used as an indigenous medicine for a variety of ailments.It is a shrub with bitter, aromatic leaves. Red-orange flowers appear in spring to mid-summer.
==Uses==
{{Uses|cancerCancer}}, {{Uses|HIV/AIDS}}, {{Uses|TB}}, {{Uses|heartburnHeartburn}}, {{Uses|gastritisGastritis}}, {{Uses|oesophagitisEsophagitis}}, {{Uses|joint Joint pain}}.
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=āvarike|ml=|sa=Aaavartaki|ta=āvārai|te=taṃgēḍu|hi=Tarwar|en=Avaram senna}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|branched Climber shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|alternate|stipulate|The leaves are alternate, stipulate, paripinnate biternately compound, very numerous, closely placedtriangular in outline, rachis 8.8papery-12.5 cm long, narrowly furrowed, slender, pubescent, thin with an erect linear gland between the leaflets of each pairserrate margins, lateral leaflets 16-24, very shortly stalked 2-2.5 cm long 1-1.3 cm broad, slightly overlapping, oval oblong, obtuse, at both the endssmaller than terminal leaflet}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexualUnisexual|2.5 cm long|bright yellowWhite|5-20|The racemes are few-floweredFlower Symmetry is Bilateral, shortInflorescence Type is Panicle, erect, crowded in axils of upper leaves so as to form a large terminal inflorescence stamens barren; the ovary Flowering Period is Free-Flowering and Flowering Habit is superior, unilocular, with marginal ovules.Polycarpic}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|short legumeSimple Fruit|7.5–11 cm long, 1.5 cm broad|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crownMature Fruit Colour(s) [Angiosperms & Gymnosperms] is Brown|oblong, obtuse, tipped with long style base, flat, thin, papery, undulately crimpled, pilose, pale brown.Fruit Type is Dehiscent Dry Fruit (Capsule)|12-20 seeds}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|dry regions of IndiaGrassland area}}, {{Commonly seen|sea coastSavannah area}}, {{Commonly seen|dry zone in Sri LankaOpen Ground area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://citeseerxwww.iststuartxchange.psu.eduorg/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.679ParolParolan.2571&rep=rep1&type=pdf html "PharmacologicalConstituents"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[httphttps://eolflorafaunaweb.nparks.gov.orgsg/special-pages/703261/details plant-detail.aspx?id=1362 "eol.ordmorphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://wwwen.prota4uwikipedia.org/databasewiki/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Senna+auriculata+(L.)+Roxb. Sutherlandia_frutescens "prota4uCultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.herbgarden.co.za/mountainherb/herbinfo.php?id=130 Sutherlandia frutescens on pza.sanbi.org]* [http://pza.sanbi.org/lessertia-frutescens Information and links on Sutherlandia frutescens]* [https://www.sutherlandia.org/uses.html Sutherlandia frutescens on Leaders in Natural Traditional African Medicines]* [http://www.herbalafrica.co.za/sutherlandiap.html Sutherlandia frutescens on herb garden]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
