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Senna auriculata - Ahulya

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'''Ahulya''', is a shrub or small tree growing up to 7 metres tall. The bole can be 20cm in diameter. A multi-purpose plant with a wide range of local uses for food, medicines and to supply a range of commodities. It was at one time a major source of tannins, especially in southern India.

==Uses==
{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Excessive bleeding}}, {{Uses|Excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}
<ref name="Uses"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}

==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=aavarike, honnaavare, honnaavarike, olle thangadi|ml=avara, avarakka, avaram|sa=adarisimbi, ahula, ahulya, ahulyam, avartaki, charmaranga|ta=aavarai, avaram|te=avaray, merakatangedu, tangedu|hi=tarvar, anwal|en=}}
<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===

===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinnate|alternate| Leaflets to 2 x 1 cm, oblong-obovate or elliptic, shortly acuminate, pubescent, gland opposite the leaflets, stipitate; petiole 1-1.5 cm, stipules 1 cm, lunate, auricled}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary and terminal corymbs|Yellow|10|Corymbs axillary and terminal; peduncle 2 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow; larger sepals 1.5 x 1 cm, broadly ovate, obtuse, outer smaller; petals 3-3.5 x 2 cm, ovate, orbicular, clawed; stamens 7 fertile and 3 staminodes.}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|||Pod flat, pubescent, mucronate|}}

===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:(Senna auriculata) at kambalakonda 03.JPG|Leaves
File:Senna auriculata (Ranawara or Avaram) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9246.jpg|Pods
File:Senna auriculata (Ranawara or Avaram) in Hyderabad, AP W2 IMG 9247.jpg|Flower
File:Avarampoo flower -2.jpeg|Habit
</gallery>

==References==

<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=587&s=Family_name Uses]</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://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Senna+auriculata]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297270542_Medicinal_values_of_Avaram_Cassia_auriculata_Linn_A_Review]

[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
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