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'''Varuna''', Crateva religiosa is a small spreading tree with trifoliate leaves that emit a pungent smell when bruised. This herb is in use since the time of the Vedas.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Improves digestion strength}}, {{Uses|Cardiac disorders}}, {{Uses|Paralysis}}, {{Uses|Blood disorders}}, {{Uses|Kidney stones}}, {{Uses|Headache,migraine}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bilapatri, hoddelenage, holenekki, mavalanga, mavilinga, narave, narumbala, narumbele, neervaala mara|ml=killi, neervala, niramathalam, niravila, nirmatalam|sa=tikta-shaka, varuna, kumaraka, marutapaha|ta=Adhicharam, adhimalam, narvala, mavilankai, mavilankam, mavilanku|te=chinnaulimidi, magalingamu, maaredu, mogalingam|hi=barna, vaivarno|en=Sacred Barna, Garlic pear tree|ma=vayavarna, haravarna, karvan, kumla, nirvala}}
<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), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Vata and Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Medium sized tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Trifoliate|alternate|Leaves alternate, digitately trifoliate; rachis 4-12 cm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; petiolule 4-7 mm long, slender; leaflets 10-20 x 3.5-6 cm, unequal, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or broadly elliptic, base acute, or subacute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-15 pairs, slender, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal corymbs|White-yellow|many|pedicel to 5 cm long. Sepals 4, 3 mm long, free, oblong, adnate to the lobed disc. Petals 4, ca. 2 cm long, creamy white, often tinged with purple, long-clawed, obovate. Disc incurved, nectariferous. Stamens many, free, longer than the petals, inserted at the base of gynophore; anthers basifixed, filaments spreading. Gynophore 4-5 cm long at anthesis, slender; ovary superior, ellipsoid, 1-[2]-celled, ovules many; stigma sessile, capitate.Flowering and fruiting is from March to May}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry|4-5 x 2.5-3.5 cm|Fruit globose or ovoid, yellowish-grey, rind woody, scurfy|seeds brown, embedded in pulp.|}}
===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:Crataeva magna 34.JPG|Leaves
File:Crataeva magna 15.JPG
File:Crataeva magna 32.JPG
File:Crataeva magna tree.jpg
File:Crataeva magna fruit.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://easyayurveda.com/2012/08/30/varuna-benefits-usage-dose-ayurvedic-details/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://herbs.indianmedicinalplants.info/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-medicinal-plants/44-2012-02-24-07-34-36/313-crataeva-religiosa
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Crateva+magna
https://www.nhp.gov.in/Mavilingam_mtl
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Trees]][[Category:Trifolate]]
'''Varuna''', Crateva religiosa is a small spreading tree with trifoliate leaves that emit a pungent smell when bruised. This herb is in use since the time of the Vedas.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Improves digestion strength}}, {{Uses|Cardiac disorders}}, {{Uses|Paralysis}}, {{Uses|Blood disorders}}, {{Uses|Kidney stones}}, {{Uses|Headache,migraine}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bilapatri, hoddelenage, holenekki, mavalanga, mavilinga, narave, narumbala, narumbele, neervaala mara|ml=killi, neervala, niramathalam, niravila, nirmatalam|sa=tikta-shaka, varuna, kumaraka, marutapaha|ta=Adhicharam, adhimalam, narvala, mavilankai, mavilankam, mavilanku|te=chinnaulimidi, magalingamu, maaredu, mogalingam|hi=barna, vaivarno|en=Sacred Barna, Garlic pear tree|ma=vayavarna, haravarna, karvan, kumla, nirvala}}
<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), Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Vata and Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Medium sized tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Trifoliate|alternate|Leaves alternate, digitately trifoliate; rachis 4-12 cm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; petiolule 4-7 mm long, slender; leaflets 10-20 x 3.5-6 cm, unequal, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or broadly elliptic, base acute, or subacute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-15 pairs, slender, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal corymbs|White-yellow|many|pedicel to 5 cm long. Sepals 4, 3 mm long, free, oblong, adnate to the lobed disc. Petals 4, ca. 2 cm long, creamy white, often tinged with purple, long-clawed, obovate. Disc incurved, nectariferous. Stamens many, free, longer than the petals, inserted at the base of gynophore; anthers basifixed, filaments spreading. Gynophore 4-5 cm long at anthesis, slender; ovary superior, ellipsoid, 1-[2]-celled, ovules many; stigma sessile, capitate.Flowering and fruiting is from March to May}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry|4-5 x 2.5-3.5 cm|Fruit globose or ovoid, yellowish-grey, rind woody, scurfy|seeds brown, embedded in pulp.|}}
===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:Crataeva magna 34.JPG|Leaves
File:Crataeva magna 15.JPG
File:Crataeva magna 32.JPG
File:Crataeva magna tree.jpg
File:Crataeva magna fruit.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">https://easyayurveda.com/2012/08/30/varuna-benefits-usage-dose-ayurvedic-details/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* https://herbs.indianmedicinalplants.info/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-medicinal-plants/44-2012-02-24-07-34-36/313-crataeva-religiosa
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Crateva+magna
https://www.nhp.gov.in/Mavilingam_mtl
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Trees]][[Category:Trifolate]]
