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'''Citraka''' consists of dried mature root. It is a large perennial sub-scandent shrub, found throughout India in wile state and occasionally cultivated in gardens.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Uses==
{{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Gulma}}, {{Uses|Swelling}}, {{Uses|Promoting Digestion}}, {{Uses|Malabsorption}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin Diseases}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Intestinal Worms}}, {{Uses|Cough}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|alternateAlternate|simple Simple and entire|Stipules absent; petiole 0–5 mm long with small auricles present in young leaves}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|bisexualBisexual|1–2 mm long|mucronateMucronate, white|stamens Stamens free|Flowers are calyx tubular, 7–11 mm long, 5-ribbed, with stalked glands along ribs}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong capsule|7.5–8 mm long|Seed oblong, 5–6 mm long, reddish brown to dark brown.||1-seeded|}}
===Other features===
* [[Chitrakadi vati]]
* [[Kalyanagulam]]
==Where to get the saplings==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://chandigarh.gov.in/green_herb_chitr.htm Cultivation detail]</ref>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 39.</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:253</ref>
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