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[[File:Caesalpinia cristaBlanco1.150-Leavescropped.JPGjpg|thumb|right|''Caesalpinia crista'', ''kantakareja'', ''Gajjuga Kayi'', ''Gajjuga mara'']]'''Caesalpinia crista''' grows throughout India up to 800 meters elevation. It is a large straggling, very thorny shrub. The branches are armed with hooks and straight, hard, yellow prickles. ==Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Bladder stones}}, {{Uses|Kidney stones}}, {{Uses|Malaria}}, {{Uses|Colic}}, {{Uses|Skin rashs}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Hydrocele}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}.
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta ,Kashaya
== Uses =Guna===Laghu, Ruksha
===Karma===
Tridoshahara, varnaropana ,Sothahara
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Compound|Compound|Mature Foliage Colour is Green and Mature Foliage Texture is Glossy / Shiny, Leathery}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|2-4cm long|Orange, Yellow / Golden|5|Flower Grouping is Cluster / Inflorescence and Flower Location is Axillary}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Simple||Fruit Type is Dehiscent Dry Fruit |Mature Fruit Colour is Brown|seed is black}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Succeeds in any moderately fertile, well-drained soi<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|River banks}}, {{Commonly seen|Sandy beaches}}, {{Commonly seen|Chalk and limestone}}, {{Commonly seen|Asia - coastal area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Caesalpinia crista-Bark.JPG|Stem
File:Mut-konrai (Tamil- முட்கொன்றை) (5506799222).jpg|Leaves
Crested Fever Nut (9320328205).jpg|Flower
File:Kazhanchi (Malayalam- കഴഞ്ച്) (5509225800).jpg|Pod
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.liveayurvedalife.com/lata-karanja-caesalpinia-crista/ Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=5731 Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c/caesalpinia-crista Common names]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Caesalpinia+crista Cultivation details]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.planetayurveda.com/library/latakaranja-caesalpinia-crista Caesalpinia crista on planet ayurveda]
* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228970 Caesalpinia crista on indiabiodiversity]
* [http://www.stuartxchange.com/Bakaig Caesalpinia crista on philippine medicinal plants]
* [http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Caesalpinia_crista.htm Caesalpinia crista on astalion trophical rainforest plants]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Fabaceae]]