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==Uses==
{{Uses|Blisters in mouths}}, {{Uses|mouth Mouth sores}}, {{Uses|bleeding Bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|leucorrhoeaLeucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Mild diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|physical Physical weakness}}, {{Uses|ulcerUlcer}}, {{Uses|Urinary trouble}}, {{Uses|snakebiteSnakebite}}, {{Uses|infection Infection in intestine}}.<ref name="Uses"/>===Food===Gunja can be used in food. Leaves are sweet and are chewed with paan or also eaten raw<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|mature seedsSeeds}}, {{Parts Used|stemStem}}, {{Parts Used|leavesLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Chemical Composition==
Mature seeds contain alkali like abrine, precatorine, etc., abraline; toxalbumin like abrin I, II, III, etc., abrus agglutinin I, II (A. P. A Ⅰ, Ⅱ), sterols like abricin, squnalene, alcohol likeβ-amyrin, cycloartenol, 5β-cholanic acid, abrussic acid, sophoradiol, trimethyltryptophan abrusin galactose, arabinose, xylose, polysaccharide and flavonoids compounds, Seed covers contain gallic acid, abranin), delphinidin.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Gulaganji, ಗುಲಗಂಜಿ|ml=Kunni, Kunnikkuru|sa=Gunja|ta=Gundumani, Kundumani|te=Gurivinda or Guriginja|hi=Gaungchi, Gunchi|en=equirityEquirity}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya======Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ===Nutritional components===Gunja contains the Following nutritional components like Vitamin A Vitamin A, B, C; Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc etc.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit| A small wiry straggler(5m)Deciduous climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|OblongObovate|Leaf Arrangementis AlternateLeaves are alternately arranged, leaflets 12-spiral16 pairs, 0.8-2.5 x 0.4-1 cm, oblong to elliptic, base and apex obtuse}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|UnisexualBisexual|2-4cm long|pinkPink/white|9|Flowering throughout through out the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}<ref name="Identification"/>
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose|Pilose, wrinkled|Subglobose|seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout through out the year}} ===Other features==<ref name="Identification"/>
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka TailaNeelibhrungadi tailam]] as ''root juice extract''* [[Sarivadi Vati]] as ''root juice extract''<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}} ==Cultivation Details==Seeds naturally have a low germination rate.The hard and impenetrable seed coat is one of the reasons. Gunja's availability period is from August to March<ref name="Cultivation details"/><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/> ==Season to grow== ==Required Ecosystem/Climate== ==Kind of soil needed==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|tropicalTropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Caribbean Islands}}, {{Commonly seen|subtropical}}, {{Commonly seen|pinelands}}, {{Commonly seen|hammocksSubtropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
File:Abrus precatorius W2 IMG 1578.jpg|''Abrus precatorius'' flowers
File:IndianLicorice 7899.JPG|''Abrus precatorius'' seeds
File:Abrus_precatorius_%E2%80%94_Scott_Zona_001.jpg|Fruits
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728111350/http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?lang=en&channelid=1288&searchword=herb_id%3DD01344 "chemistry"Chemistry]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32002 Morphology]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/12/rosary-pea-abrus-precatorius/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref><ref name="morophologyCultivation details">[https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_cultivate_Abrus_precatorius Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="Uses">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:121</ref><ref name="Identification">Kappathagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag book, Page no: 30</ref><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.15, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/gunja-jequirity-information-and-medicinal-uses/197/Gunja (Jequirity) Information and Medicinal Uses]* [https://www.dabur.com/in/en-us/about/science-of-ayurveda/herbal-medicinal-plants/rati-plantGunja on medicinal plants ]* [https://easyayurveda.com/2015/09/12/rosary-pea-abrus-precatorius/Gunja-purification and side efffects]* [http://www.planetayurveda.com/abrus_precatorius.htmGunja-medicinal uses and benefits]* [http://medicinal-plant-abrus.blogspot.in/Medicinal Plant - Abrus precatorius]
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