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Withania coagulans - Rishyagandha

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'''Withania coagulans''' is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, . It is native to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Indian subcontinent. Within the Withania genus W. somnifera (Ashwagandha) and W. coagulans (Paneer booti/Ashutosh booti) are economically significant, and are . It is cultivated in several regions for their use in Ayurveda. 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Kidney problems}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
W. coagulans is rich in steroidal lactones, which are known as withanolides. Withanolides are naturally occurring polyhydroxy C28 steroidal lactones.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Gunja|ta=|te=|hi=|en=}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|Shoots rigid, greyish-green, stellate-tomentose. Leaves 3-8 x 1.4-3.5 cm, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, cuneate, leathery, nerves faint. Petiole 5-10 mm long. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower==
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary|Pale yellow|| calyx Calyx cupular-campanulate, stellate-tomentose; lobes 1.5-2.5 mm long, acute. Corolla exceeding calyx, campanulate, stellate-tomentose outside, yellowish Within. Stamens included. Stigma subexserted. Male flowers: stamens ± subexserted. Anthers c. 3.5 mm long; filaments 2.0 mm long. Female flowers: stamens included. Anthers smaller than in male flowers. Style glabrous.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Berry|10-12 mm broad||globoseGlobose, red, included in fruiting calyx|Seeds c. 2.5 mm broad. reniform, brown, minutely rugose-reticulate to ± smooth}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub Tropical area}},
 
==Photo Gallery==
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242426281 Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[ Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[ Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1211/jpp.62.02.0001 Chemical Composition]</ref>
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