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[[File:Catunaregam spinosa.jpg|thumb|right|''Madanaphala'', ''Catunaregam spinosa'']]
'''Madana''' consists of dried fruit of Xeromphis spinosa (Thunb) Keay, Syn Randia dumetorum Lam. (Fam. Rubiaceae), a deciduous thorny shrub or a small, tree, reaching It grows up to aheight upto 9 m and girth about a metre, branches numerous, thick and horizontal, found in sub-Himalayan tracts extending eastwards in Sikkim upto 1200 m and southwards toPeninsular Indiaof 9m tall. <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>==Uses=={{Uses|Dysentry}}, {{Uses|Wounds cleaning}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Acne}}.
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Maadani|en=Emetic nut|gu=Mindhal, Mindhol, Mindhar|hi=Manphal|kn=Mangarikai, Karigidda, Madanaphala Maggrekai, Kari, Maggare Kayi|ks=Madanfal|ml=Malankara, Malamkarakka|mr=Gal, Galphala, Giephala, Madanphala|pa=Mindhal, Rara, Manphal|ta=Marukkarai|te=Mranga Kaya, Monga Kaya}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Catunaregam spinosa (Mountain Pomegranate) W IMG 9379.jpg
File:Matukkarai (Tamil- மதுக்காரை) (2617517761).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 114.</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, by N. Sasidharan ]</ref><ref name="BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONCommon names"]>Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:281</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]][[Category|Shrub]]
