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'''Ksharaka''', Adenanthera pavonina is a fast-growing deciduous tree with a spreading crown of light, feathery foliage. The tree is widely cultivated in the tropics for a wide range of uses. A very ornamental plant with fragrant, creamy flowers, it is often grown as a specimen and as a street tree.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=agaru, agaru gandha, krishnagaru|ml=akil, karakil, kayagahru|sa=kamboji, ksharaka, kucandanah,tamraka|ta=akilmaram, akkuru, kalimankam|te=agaru, agaru chettu, krishnagaru|hi=agar|en=Agarwood}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Vata, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|simple, penni-veined with wavy horizontal tertiary venation, glabrous; stipules absent. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary and terminal panicles|Pale yellow||Flowers ca. 5 mm diameter in white-yellow with corolla tube and form in panicles}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|19mm across||Greenish|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Adenanthera pavonina seeds.jpg|Seeds
Image:Adenanthera pavonina.jpg|Leaves
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2014/12/10/agaru-aquilaria-agallocha-uses-research-side-effects/]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/aquilaria-malaccensis]
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/agarkasth-plant]
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aquilaria+malaccensis]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Tree]]
'''Ksharaka''', Adenanthera pavonina is a fast-growing deciduous tree with a spreading crown of light, feathery foliage. The tree is widely cultivated in the tropics for a wide range of uses. A very ornamental plant with fragrant, creamy flowers, it is often grown as a specimen and as a street tree.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|vomiting}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=agaru, agaru gandha, krishnagaru|ml=akil, karakil, kayagahru|sa=kamboji, ksharaka, kucandanah,tamraka|ta=akilmaram, akkuru, kalimankam|te=agaru, agaru chettu, krishnagaru|hi=agar|en=Agarwood}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Vata, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|simple, penni-veined with wavy horizontal tertiary venation, glabrous; stipules absent. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary and terminal panicles|Pale yellow||Flowers ca. 5 mm diameter in white-yellow with corolla tube and form in panicles}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|19mm across||Greenish|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Adenanthera pavonina seeds.jpg|Seeds
Image:Adenanthera pavonina.jpg|Leaves
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2014/12/10/agaru-aquilaria-agallocha-uses-research-side-effects/]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/aquilaria-malaccensis]
* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/agarkasth-plant]
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Aquilaria+malaccensis]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Tree]]
