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[[File:Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (2934263357).jpg|thumb|right|''Madhulīkā'']]
The drug consists of dried root of Eleusine corocana (L.) Gaertn. (Fam. Poaceae), an erect, stout, annual grass, cultivated throughout India. Finger millet is native to the Ethiopian and Ugandan highlands.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Biliousness}}, {{Uses|Hepatitis}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Liver disease}}, {{Uses|Measles}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}, {{Uses|Pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Small pox}}.
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pinkPink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eleusine+coracana"Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
