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'''Virataru''', is a deciduous or semi-deciduous shrub or small tree with an open crown; it can grow from 1 - 8 metres tall, with occasional specimens to 12 metres. The plant is covered with spines and is sometimes suckering and thicket-forming. A true multi-purpose tree, providing food, medicines, fuel and various commodities.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Kidney stones}}, {{Uses|Gynecological disorders}}, {{Uses|Urinary retention}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=edathari, oda thare, vaduvaarada gida, vaduvarada|ml=viravrksam, vitattal|sa=bahuvaraka, dirghamula, krichhari, kshudhakushalasandnaka, mahakapitha, vallataru, vellantaru, virataruh, viravriksha|ta=karukavi, vadataram, vidattalai, vitattali|te=nalla venuturu, velthuru, veluthuru chettu, |hi=goya-khair, kheri|en=Sicklebush}}
<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), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Vata and Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|stipulate; stipules 2, minute, lateral; rachis 30-65 mm, slender, pulvinate, pubescent; pinnae 5-15 pairs, 1.5-2 cm, opposite, even pinnate, slender, pulvinate, pubescent, with a gland between each pairs; leaflets 24-50, opposite, sessile, estipellate; lamina 0.2-0.3 x 0.1 cm, oblong, base obtuse, apex acute, margin entire, ciliate, tomentose, chartaceous; nerves obscure. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Polygamous|solitary or axillary spikes|Pink and yellow|10|upper flowers bisexual, yellow; lower ones neutar, pink or purple; bracts oblong; calyx tube campanulate, lobes 5; petals 5, lanceolate connate below, pubescent, valvate; stamens 10, free, exserted, anthers ending in stalked glands; ovary 0.5 mm, subssessile, pubescent; style 3 mm; stigma terminal, truncate.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|||linear, flat, coiled, continuous within, indehiscent or opening from apex|seeds 4-6, ovoid, compressed.}}
===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:Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.jpg|Flowers
File:Dichrostachys cinerea - flowers.JPG|Flowers
File:Sicklebush (Dichrostachys cinerea) (11532939184).jpg|Leaves and flowers
File:Dichrostachys cinerea-- Sickle Bush pods (25422649581).jpg|Pods
File:Dichrostachys cinerea seeds.JPG|Seeds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/10/27/dichrostachys-cinerea-sickle-bush-chinese-lantern-tree/ 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=Dichrostachys+cinerea]
* [http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Dichrostachys_cinerea.PDF]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
'''Virataru''', is a deciduous or semi-deciduous shrub or small tree with an open crown; it can grow from 1 - 8 metres tall, with occasional specimens to 12 metres. The plant is covered with spines and is sometimes suckering and thicket-forming. A true multi-purpose tree, providing food, medicines, fuel and various commodities.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Excessive thirst}}, {{Uses|Kidney stones}}, {{Uses|Gynecological disorders}}, {{Uses|Urinary retention}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=edathari, oda thare, vaduvaarada gida, vaduvarada|ml=viravrksam, vitattal|sa=bahuvaraka, dirghamula, krichhari, kshudhakushalasandnaka, mahakapitha, vallataru, vellantaru, virataruh, viravriksha|ta=karukavi, vadataram, vidattalai, vitattali|te=nalla venuturu, velthuru, veluthuru chettu, |hi=goya-khair, kheri|en=Sicklebush}}
<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), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Vata and Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|alternate|stipulate; stipules 2, minute, lateral; rachis 30-65 mm, slender, pulvinate, pubescent; pinnae 5-15 pairs, 1.5-2 cm, opposite, even pinnate, slender, pulvinate, pubescent, with a gland between each pairs; leaflets 24-50, opposite, sessile, estipellate; lamina 0.2-0.3 x 0.1 cm, oblong, base obtuse, apex acute, margin entire, ciliate, tomentose, chartaceous; nerves obscure. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Polygamous|solitary or axillary spikes|Pink and yellow|10|upper flowers bisexual, yellow; lower ones neutar, pink or purple; bracts oblong; calyx tube campanulate, lobes 5; petals 5, lanceolate connate below, pubescent, valvate; stamens 10, free, exserted, anthers ending in stalked glands; ovary 0.5 mm, subssessile, pubescent; style 3 mm; stigma terminal, truncate.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|||linear, flat, coiled, continuous within, indehiscent or opening from apex|seeds 4-6, ovoid, compressed.}}
===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:Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.jpg|Flowers
File:Dichrostachys cinerea - flowers.JPG|Flowers
File:Sicklebush (Dichrostachys cinerea) (11532939184).jpg|Leaves and flowers
File:Dichrostachys cinerea-- Sickle Bush pods (25422649581).jpg|Pods
File:Dichrostachys cinerea seeds.JPG|Seeds
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/10/27/dichrostachys-cinerea-sickle-bush-chinese-lantern-tree/ 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=Dichrostachys+cinerea]
* [http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Dichrostachys_cinerea.PDF]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]
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