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'''Excoecaria agallocha''' is an evergreen, or briefly deciduous shrub or small tree growing 10 - 30 metres tall. The bole, which branches from low down, has stilt roots.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Cutaneous diseases}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa= |en= |gu= |hi= |kn= |ks= |ml= |mr= |pa= |ta= |te=}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===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==
A plant of the lowland tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 400 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 15 - 37°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tidal forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Mangrove Tidal forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Brackish areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Rice fields}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728111350/http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id%3DD01344 "chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 "Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2893 Excoecaria agallocha on flora fauna web]
* [http://www.phcogrev.com/article.asp?issn=0973-7847;year=2016;volume=10;issue=20;spage=123;epage=138;aulast=Mondal Excoecaria agallocha on Phcogrev.com]
* [http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/plants/mangrove/excoecaria/excoecaria.htm Excoecaria agallocha on wild singapore.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
