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[[File:Mitchella repens 03.jpg|thumb|right|''Mitchella repens'', ''Partridge berry'']]
'''Partridge berry''', '''mitchella repens''', or '''squaw vine''', is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae).
== Description Uses== Partridge berry is an evergreen plant growing as a non-climbing vine{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, no taller than 6 cm tall with creeping stems 15 to 30 cm long. The evergreen{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, dark green{{Uses|Blotches}}, shiny leaves are ovate to cordate in shape. The leaves have a pale yellow midrib. The petioles are short{{Uses|Pimples}}, and the leaves are paired oppositely on the stems. Adventitious roots may grow at the nodes; and rooting stems may branch and root repeatedly{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, producing loose spreading mats.{{Uses|Sore throats}}
== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
==Common name=Rasa===
===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'English' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Easily grown in most soils, preferring a calcareous soil. Thrives in a dry lightly shaded position, though it prefers full sun.Plants usually self-sow quite freely when growing in a suitable position. The seeds are contained in burrs that can easily attach themselves to clothing or animal's fur, thus transporting them to a new area where they can germinate and grow.The cultivar 'Sweet scented' is popular in France for making tea because the whole plant is sweet scented and the flowers have a spicy apricot- partridge berrylike fragrance<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References==
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<ref name="deschemical composition">Reproductive Biology of Distylous Partridgeberry, Mitchella repens[https://www. David Jsciencedirect. Hicks, Robert Wyatt and Thomas Rcom/science/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub "sciencedirect"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://web. Meagher Volarchive. 72, Noorg/web/20131226161459/http://www. 10 (Octwildflowers-guide., 1985), ppcom/39-agrimony. 1503-1514 Stable URL:html "wayback machine"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.jstorpracticalplants.org/stablewiki/2443300?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentsAgrimonia_eupatoria "practical palnts"]</ref>
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== External Links ==
[[Category:Herbs]]