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==Uses==
{{Uses|Epilepsy}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Sore}}, {{Uses|Throat}}, {{Uses|Burns}}, {{Uses|Itching}}, {{Uses|Skin affections}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Tuberculosis}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Flower}}, {{Parts Used|stemSeed pods}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Qualitative phyto-chemical analysis of whole plant extracts of Martynia annua reveals the presence of glycosides, tannins, carbohydrates, phenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins. GC-MS studies on both aqueous and alcohol extract shows the presence of twenty eight compounds, out of which oleic acid, constitutes the major part. Other major biological compounds include pelargonidin-3-5-diglucoside, cyanidin-3-galactoside, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, gentisic acid, arachidic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, apigenin, apigenin-7-o-glucuronide.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=|hi=|kn=ಹುಲಿ ಉಗುರು Huli Uguru,ಗರುಡ ಮೂಗು ಮುಳ್ಳು Garuda Mugu Mullu,ಹುಲಿ ನಖ Huli Nakha|ksml=Pulinakham,Kakka-chundu,പുലിനഖം Puli-nakham|mlsa=काकनसा Kakanasa|mrta=Chappotta|pate=Sima ippacettu|tahi=हाथाजोड़ी Hatha-jori,बाघनख Baghnakh,Hathajori,उलट-कांटा Ulat-kanta|teen=Tiger-claw,Tiger's claw,Snake's head,Devil's claw}}
==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 shurb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Cordiform|Opposite-decussate, Acute / Cordate, Sinuate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Large|purple with yellow throat|In axillary or terminal racemes, Flowering throughout the year.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|An ovoid drupe||2 apical curved beaks spilitting into 2 valves; seeds oblong||Mature Fruit Colour is Brown|}}
===Other features===
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Erect subshrubs to 1 m tall, glandular-hairy all over. Leaves 8-20 x 6-19 cm, broadly ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, margin sinuate-dentate, apex acute, chartaceous, palmately 5-nerved from base; petiole 8-14 cm long. Racemes 7-14- flowered, at the bifurcations of the branches; peduncle 4-8 cm long; pedicel 1-2 cm long; bracts 1-2 x 0.7-1 cm, broadly ovate, pale pink. Calyx lobes 5, greenish-white, 9-12 mm long; ovate-oblong. Corolla reddish-purple with yellow throat; tube 3-4 cm long; lobes rounded. Stamens 2; filaments white, c. 1 cm long; anther cells disjunct, superposed, longitudinally coherent with the opposite pair; staminodes 3. Fruits drupaceous, ovoid, flattened somewhat dorso-ventrally, ribbed, viscid-pubescent; endocarp 2-3 cm long, hard, black, with a hooked spine at tip.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Lowland forest}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Coastal forests}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Martynia annua 01.JPG|Leaves
File:Martynia annua 08.JPG|Flowers
File:Martynia annua MS4207.JPG|Fruit
File:Martynia annua MHNT.BOT.2016.12.41.jpg|Seed
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282570860_Martynia_annua_L_A_Review_on_Its_Ethnobotany_Phytochemical_and_Pharmacological_Profile Chemical composition]</ref>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"]<https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/ref> <ref name="Leaf">["33168 Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/33168 Cultivation"Details]</ref><ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=13&preview=true&searchTextMenue=Martynia+annua&search=Wikitemplate Martynia annua]* [ ]* [ ]
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