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==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bakula, hale hannu, khiranee, kiraale, ksheera vriksha|ml=khrini, manilakkara, palamunnippalaelengi, pala|sa=rajadana, drdhaskandha, kshirashukla, kshiravriksha, kshiri, kshirika, kshirini, ksiri, madhuphala|ta=kannupalalai, kanupala, karupala, kirni, palai, ulakkaipalai|te=kirni, manchipala, manjipaala, Pala chettu|hi=khir, khirni, kshiri, ranjan|en=}}
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|estipulate; petiole 8-20 mm, slender, slightly grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate or ovate-oblong; base acute; apex obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, closely pinnate, slender, midrib raised below; intercostae reticulate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary|Pale yellow|10|7 mm across, white, 1 or 2 axillary; pedicel to 3.5 cm long; calyx lobes 6, in 2 series of 3 each, 2.5 x 2 mm, reflexed, ovate, subacute, rusty-tomentose outside; corolla 3 x 1.5 mm, lobes 18 in 3 series of 6 each, valvate; stamen 6-8, alternating with staminodes, bifid; staminodes shorter than stamen, filaments glabrous, lanceolate; ovary pubescent, 12-celled, superior; style 4-5 mm, subulate; stigma simple. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry|1.5 x 8 mm|Ellipsoid, reddish-yellow||seed usually one.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
==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:Manilkara hexandra (2134745035).jpg
File:Khirni (Hindi- खिरनी) (2134746745).jpg
File:Manilkara hexandra (palu පලු) fruits 1.jpg
File:Ranjana (Marathi- रांजण) (4021476955).jpg
File:Rayan (Hindi- रायन) (5552975638).jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<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==
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[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Tree]]
