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==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Gastrointestinal disorder}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}. ===Food===Meyna laxiflora can be used in Food. Tender fruits are cooked as vegetable. Mature fruits are eaten raw.<ref name="UsesForest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The chemicals reported from the plant belong to different classes such as carbohydrates, starch, proteins, tannins, saponins and alkaloids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Pindituka|en=|gu=Muyna|hi=Muyna, Pundrika|kn=|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=Mullakare, Gobergally|ta=Manakkarai|te=Visikilamu, Chegagadda}}.<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Meyna laxiflora Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Ovate-oblong|Leaves are arranged oppositely or whorls of three. Strong spines are bent at an acute angle.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower||Greenish-white||Flower cymes occur in leaf axils, fascicled on a short peduncle. Flowers are small. The stigma is 4-5-lobed.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||5-6 long, oblong-reniform|||Yellow|Fruit is of the size of a cherry, turbinate, smooth, when ripe, succulent.}}
===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==
Direct sowing of seeds<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Meyna laxiflora is available through March to June<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Humid tropical forests}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Fruit of Meyna laxiflora.jpg
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File:अळीव किंवा अळू Meyna laxiflora.jpg
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</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289397922_A_Comprehensive_Review_on_Meyna_laxiflora_Robyns_Rubiaceae Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Muyna.html Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://wildedibles.teriin.org/index.php?album=Wild-edibles/Fruits/Meyna-laxiflora Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Muyna.html Common names]</ref>
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.112, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
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