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'''Sauropus androgynus''' is a botanical name of '''Multivitamin Plant'''. It is commonly known as '''''Katuk, star gooseberry and sweat leaf'''''. Malaysia is the home town of Katuk. Katuk has very useful plant which is used in food and it contains many health benifitory factors. Hence it is called as Multivitamin Plant.

==Plant DiscriptionUses=={{Uses|coughs}}, {{Uses|lungs problems}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|urinary problems}}, {{Uses|relieve congestion}}, {{Uses|eye infections}}, {{Uses|erythema}}, {{Uses|measles }}, {{Uses|dysuria}}

Star gooseberry is a multiusable shrub, which grow around about 2 to 3.5 c.m height. Its multiple upright stems can reach 2.5 meters high and bear dark green oval leaves 5–6 cm long==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Leaves}}.

==Useful parts of the plantChemical Composition==Adenosine,deoxy, methylsulphinyl‐adenosine, and uridine, two flavonol dioside, β‐D‐glucosyl, Rhamnosyl‐kaempferol, glucosyl, glucosyl‐kaempferol, and one rare flavonol trioside, glucosyl, glucosyl, rhamno‐syl‐kaempferol<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Medicinal Uses=Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===

*Katuk ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Ovate|Foliar Apex is also used for coocking purposes.Acuminate and Foliar Base is Cuneate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

==common name=Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Red|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}}

==External link=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==A plant of the tropics, where it is well adapted to lowland conditions but can also be cultivated at elevations up to 4,000 metres<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Slopes with brushwood}}, {{Commonly seen|sunny forest}}. ==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== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jccs.199700024 "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2427 "plant morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediapfaf.org/wikiuser/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Sauropus+androgynus "Cultivation details"]</Sauropus_androgynus wikipediaref></references> ==External Links==* [http://survivalgardener.com/katuk-sweet-leaf-bush/ Sauropus androgynus on survival gardener.com]* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sauropus+androgynus Sauropus androgynus on Useful Tropical Plants]* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564651/ Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr. Induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans: From Botanical Studies to Toxicology]