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[[File:Tragia involucrata 06.JPG|thumb|right|''Duhsparsha'', ''Tragia involucrata'']]
'''Tragia involucrata''' is a perennial twinning herb, covered with stinging hairs. Flowers are borne in racemes in leaf axils. Female flowers are few in lower part of inflorescence and male flowers are many in the upper part. Fruit is a 3-lobed capsule, containing 3 round smooth seeds. This herb is belongs to Euphorbeaceae family.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Itching}}, {{Uses|Bronchits}}, {{Uses|Skin Diseases}}, {{Uses|Baldness}}.
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Turike Balli|ml=Kodithoova, Cherukodithuva|sa=Vrischikali|ta=Kanchori|te=Telukondicettu|hi=Barhanta|en=stinging nettle}}.<ref name="Common names"/>
==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|Annual herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Leaves 6-10 x 3-5.5 cm, ovate or elliptic, base acute or rounded, margin serrate, apex acuminate, hispidulous on both sides}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Axillary spikes|Greenish yellow|3|2 cm long; male flowers above, female flowers 1-2, at the base. Male flowers c. 1.5 mm across}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|0.6 x 1cm||3-lobed, hispid|Seeds globose}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Aagya (Marathi- आग्या) (3977248218).jpg
Barhanta (Hindi- बढन्त) (6225257497).jpg
Bichuti (Bengali- বিছুটি) (5089184494).jpg
Climbing Nettle (6225254731).jpg
Duhsparsha (Sanskrit- दुःस्पर्ष) (3977242156).jpg
Dumuni chorat (in Assamese) (5360458796).jpg
Kallaavi (Marathi- कळलावी) (6225771616).jpg
Kanchori (Tamil- காஞ்சொறி) (3977240600).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.mpbd.info/plants/tragia-involucrata.php Chemical Constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231373 Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:63</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412214/ Journal for African medicinal plants]
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336427/ Some Pharmacognostical Characteristics of Tragia Involucrata Linn. Roots]
* [http://www.asia-medicinalplants.info/tragia-involucrata-l/ Tragia involucrata on asia-medicinalplants]
* [http://www.keralaayurvedics.com/herbs-plants/choriyanam-tragia-involucrata-ayurvedic-medicinal-herbs.html Tragia involucrata on keralaayurvedics]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Euphorbiaceae]]
