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Azima tetracantha - Trikantajata

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'''Trikantajata''' is a much-branched, spiny, evergreen shrub growing from 0.5 - 3 metres tall. Usually erect with arching branches, the plant sometimes adopts a more climbing habit. The spines are axillary, in pairs up to 4cm long. The plant is harvested from the wild mainly for local use as a medicine.

==Uses==
{{Uses|Brochitis}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}

==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=aesagale maale, bilee uppina gida, ganjimullu, yagachi mullu|ml=sankunkuppi|sa=kantangur, kundali, trikantajata|ta=ancirikacceti, anji, atiyamam, cankakiranam, mulluchangu, kandagachangam|te=mundla kampa, puttu, tella uppi|hi=kanta-gur-kamai|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===
Tikta (Bitter), Madhura (Sweet)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Madhura (Sweet)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===

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

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|spine axillary, usually 4, straight, to 2.5 cm, grooved, branchlets tetragonous, pubescent. Leaves opposite, 3 x 2 cm, ovate, mucronate, base obtuse, margin thickened, coriaceous, nerves 3 pairs near the base; petiole to 5 mm.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|unisexual|axillary and terminal spike|Pale yellow|4|10 cm long; flowers clustered, white, unisexual; bracts 2 x 1 mm, ovate, mucronate, pubescent; calyx 1 mm, campanulate, bilobed, pubescent; petals 4, 2 x 1 mm, oblong; stamens 4, free, alternating with petals, filaments 1 mm, anthers 1 mm, pistillode absent.}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A globose berry|0.5 - 1 cm||1–2-seeded, green turning white, with persistent stigma|Seeds disk-like, brown to black.}}

===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:Azima tetracantha 02 ies.jpg|Leaves
File:Azima tetracantha 03 ies.jpg|Spines
File:Azima tetracantha blr.jpg|Fruits
</gallery>

==References==

<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/azima-tetracantha.html 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=Azima+tetracantha]
* [https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Azima+tetracantha+Lam.]

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