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Mahonia pinnata - Mahonia pinnata

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[[File:Mahonia pinnata 1.jpg|thumb|right|''Mahonia pinnata'', ''California barberry,'']]
'''Mahonia pinnata''' (syn. Berberis pinnata) is a species of shrub in the barberry family. Common names include '''California barberry, wavyleaf barberry, and shinyleaf mahonia'''. It is similar native to the Oregon-grape (Mahonia aquifolium), and is sometimes called the '''west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California Oregon-grape'''.
It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, where it occurs in forest{{Uses|Cuts}}, woodland{{Uses|Snakebites}}, chaparral{{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, and other habitat.{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
== Description Parts Used== {{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}. ==Chemical Composition==Berberis aquifolium contains berberine, a yellow alkaloid (see Hydrastis), berbamine, and oxyacanthine, both white alkaloids, and phytosterin, gum, and sugar. The flowers contain, in addition to the above alkaloids, volatile oil, and the berries contain malic acid.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}} ==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|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Mahonia pinnata 's foliage color is a dark green bush which resembles holly with its serrated leaves. It has one to two inch and type is evergreen}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long clusters of small yellow flowers. The |Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Simple|7–10 mm|Mahonia pinnata's fruit is a sour but edible purple berry with ||many seeds}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Landscape Uses:Border, Foundation, Ground cover, Massing. An easily grown plant, it thrives in any good garden soil<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|forest}}, {{Commonly seen|woodland}}, {{Commonly seen|chaparral}}.
== Uses Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery>
The Mahonia pinnata fruits have also been used to produce purple dye. The shrub is used in landscaping as an ornamental plant. Songbirds eat the berries.==References==
==Common <references> <ref name=="chemical composition">[https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/berberis-aqui.html "constituents"]</ref>
* '''English''' <ref name="Leaf">[https://www.laspilitas.com/nature- California barberryof-california/plants/774--mahonia-pinnata "plant description"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName= External Links ==Mahonia+pinnata "Cultivation details"]</ref></references>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahonia_pinnata "Mahonia pinnata"]==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]

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