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[[File:Symphytum uplandicum x Bocking 14Davidraju IMG 7187.jpg|thumb|right|''Comfrey'']] '''Adhakpuspi''' is an Indian medicinal plant found in the Indian subcontinent. These are widely distributed as a weed throughout India. They grow to an altitude of about 1500 m in the Himalayas, typically on roadsides, in cultivated fields, on dry stony wasteland, and on black cotton soil in peninsular India and it is used as a fertiliser and as an herbal medicine.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{Uses|Anorexia}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin dise}}, {{Uses|Snake bite}}, {{Uses|Dairrhea}}, {{Uses|Dysmenorrhea}}, {{Uses|Abortion case}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|SeedsWhole plant}}, {{Parts Used|LeavesRoots}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=TogariAthomukhi, Kari Uddu, TogaribeleKattetumbesoppu|ml=Thuvara, TuvaraKilukkamtumpa|sa=Tuvari, AdhakiAdhapushpi|ta=TovaraiKulittaitumpai, ThovaryKallutaitumpai|te=Kandulu, KaduluGuvagatti|hi=ArahadAnadhahuli, AraharChotakulpha|en=Pigeon Pea, Red GramIndian Borage}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|A small erect shrubHerb}}.
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|triOblong-foliolate,lanceolate| Leafs are 2.5-13.5 cm long to 1Leaf Apex is Acite and its base is Acute-5.5 cm wideauriculate. The leaflets are green above and a silvery grey-green beneath and are covered on their lower surfaces in small yellow glandsit has entire leaf margin}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|14cm 4-8cm long|yellow, papilionaceousBlue|Typical of species belonging to the Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae, and resemble, for example, the pea ( Pisum sativum ) flower. Each flower has 10 stamens, 9 of which are fused into a partial tube, with the tenth stamen free. The ovary is positioned above the sepals, petals |Flowering from September-November and stamens. The style is curvedJanuary-March}}.
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|straight or sickleSmooth|2-13 cm long x 0.5-1|Smooth on the outer and rugosely pitted on the inner face.5 cm|The seeds are In almost free, 4-9 mm x 3-8 mm and can be white, brown, purplish, black or mottlednutlets||Fruiting throughout the year. |seeds many}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttung}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Cajanus cajanAdha3.jpg|FlowerFile:Cajan2Trichodesma indicum 01.jpg|FlowerFile:Cajan3Trichodesma indicum 06.jpg|LeavesFile:Cajan4Trichodesma indicum in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7917.jpgFile:Cajan5.JPG|Whole plant
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://wwweasyayurveda.ncbi.nlm.nih.govcom/2017/pmc02/articles01/PMC3255353trichodesma-indicum/ "journal of advance pharmaceutical technology"Easy ayurveda]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[httphttps://powo.science.kewindiabiodiversity.org/taxonspecies/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1152177-2 "kewscience"show/33327 Morphology]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httpshttp://wwwtropical.horttheferns.purdueinfo/viewtropical.eduphp?id=Trichodesma+indicum Trophical plants]</newcrop/duke_energy/Cajanus_cajun.html ref><ref name="purdue universityKarnataka Medicinal Plants"]>”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.49, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [httphttps://agropediaeasyayurveda.iitk.ac.incom/2017/02/content01/diseasestrichodesma-pigeon-pea Pigeon pea indicum/ Indian Borage on Agropediaeasyayurveda.com]* [https://plantvillagewww.orgbimbima.com/topicsayurveda/pigeonmedicinal-peaplant-indian-borage-trichodesma-indicum/210/infos Pigeon pea Indian Borage on PlantVillagebimbima.com]* [httpshttp://www.hortefloraofgandhinagar.purdue.eduin/newcropherb/duke_energy/Cajanus_cajun.html Cajanus cajun trichodesma- purdueindicum Indian Borage on eflora of gandhinagar.eduin]* [httpshttp://www.feedipediaijbttjournal.org/nodevolume-5/22444 Cajanus cajun issue-1/IJBTT-V5P601.pdf Indian Borage on Feedipediaijbtt journal.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have flower, fruit and leaf photos]]
[[Category:Boraginaceae]]