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[[File:Cleome gynandra 2.jpg|thumb|right|]]'''Ajagandhā''' a strong smelling, somewhat foetid herb. It grows upto 0.6 - 1 m tall. It can found abundantly throughout warmer parts of India.==Uses=={{stubUses|Mouth sores}}, {{Uses|Bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Mild diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Physical weakness}}, {{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Urinary trouble}}, {{Uses|Snakebite}}, {{Uses|Infection in intestine}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Fixed oil, essential oil, oleoresin, Carotenoids, Cardiac glycosides, Cyanogenic Glycosides, Flavonoids, Saponins, Triterpenes, sugars, Tannins etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Pashughandha|en=Dog Mustard|gu=Talvani, Dhelitalavan|hi=Hulhul, Hurhur, Kavalia|kn=Naram bele Soppu, Nayeetulasi|ks=Gandi Buti|ml=Atunari vela|mr=Tilvan, Bhatvan, Mabli, Tilavana, Tilvant|pa=Bugra|ta=Nal valai, Nal velai|te=Vaminta, Vayinta}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kaphahara, Vatahara, [[Deepana]], Hridya
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Ajagandha Contains the Following nutritional components like - 7-phenoxycoumarine, Diterpene lactone, Myristic, Palmitic acid, Steric, Oleic,
Linoleic acid; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Nutritional components"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual Erect}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Digitate|Alternate|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiralLeaves digitately 5-7 foliate; leaflets 5 x 2.5 cm, obovate; petiole 3-15 cm.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|1.5 cm across|White|5|Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes calyx lobes unequal, glandular, pubescent; petals long clawed, spreading; stamens 6, attached to the long gynandrophore; ovary glandular.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule| 3-4 cm long terete, glandular, tip discoid.|||Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Ayaskriti]]
* [[Narayana churna]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==Cultivation Details==
Seed - surface sow or only lightly cover the seed in spring in a greenhouse. The seed usually germinates in 5 - 14 days at 25. Ajagandha is available from June to October<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Open areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Waste places}}, {{Commonly seen|Cultivated and Uncultivated land}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Cleome gynandra 1.jpg
Cleome gynandra 2 (4546001972).jpg
Cleome gynandra 2.jpg
Cleome gynandra 3 (4545384955).jpg
Cleome gynandra African cabbage.JPG
File:Cleome gynandra, silindriese tweekleppige vrugte, Spitskop, a.jpg|Capsule and seeds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India Vol-2 Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN </ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cleome+gynandra Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/04/17/ajagandha-uses-research-dose-side-effects/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional components">Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/04/17/ajagandha-uses-research-dose-side-effects/ Cleome gynandra Linn on easyayurveda.com]
* [https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/medicinal-plant-ajagandha-cleome-gynandra/430/ Cleome gynandra Linn on bimbima.com]
* [https://www.entranceindia.com/medicinal-plants-herbs-flowers/ajagandha-in-ayurveda-botanical-name-cleome-gynandra-linn/ Cleome gynandra Linn on entranceindia.com]
* [http://medicscientist.com/ajagandha-cleome-gynandra-ayurvedic-medicine-prostate Cleome gynandra Linn on medicscientist.com]
[[Category: Ayurvedic Pharmacopedia of India]]
[[Category: Ayurvedic medicineHerbs]][[Category:Cleomaceae]]
