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'''Garalaphala''' is a large, dioecious climbing plant, with stems up to 15 metres long. These stems scramble over the ground and twine into other plants for support, the stems twining to the left. The plant is not usually cultivated, but is often harvested from the wild for its medicinal uses.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Cough}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn= chippula kaayi, garuda phala, haenu beeja, kaage maari|ml=nanjukuru, kantakakonnuveli, karantakam|sa=dhvankshanakhi, garalaphala, kakadani, kakamari, kakanashika, kakaphala, raktala|ta=kakamari, kakanacam, kakkai kolli, muratayam, nancukkottai, pen kottai|te=kaaka maari, kaaki chempa, koditige, thippathige|hi=kakmari|en=Fish berry}}
<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), Teekshna (Strong)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate| 20-25 x 15-19 cm, glabrous, broadly ovate, apex acute, base truncate, margin entire; 5-ribbed, coriaceous; petiole 8-13 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|large drooping panicles on old branches||9| Sepals 6 in 2 rows, 3 x 2 mm, ovate, yellow. Petals absent. Stamens 9, combined into a globose staminal column, anthers sessile; staminodes 9 in female flowers, obovate, scaly. Carpels 3, free; style absent; stigma recurved. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|1 cm||obliquely ovoid, gibbous, black, smooth; seeds 1, black, glabrous.|}}
===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:Anamirta cocculus - Fish Berry young leaves at Mayyil (12).jpg|Young leaves
File:Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn. (32397571954).jpg|Leaves
File:Anamirta cocculus flowers 2014 (2).jpg|Flowers
File:Anamirta cocculus 0873.jpg|Leaf
File:Anamirta cocculus 10.jpg|Fruits
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/anamirta-cocculus.html 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=Anamirta+cocculus]
* [https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Anamirta_cocculus_(PROSEA)]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Climber]]
'''Garalaphala''' is a large, dioecious climbing plant, with stems up to 15 metres long. These stems scramble over the ground and twine into other plants for support, the stems twining to the left. The plant is not usually cultivated, but is often harvested from the wild for its medicinal uses.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Cough}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn= chippula kaayi, garuda phala, haenu beeja, kaage maari|ml=nanjukuru, kantakakonnuveli, karantakam|sa=dhvankshanakhi, garalaphala, kakadani, kakamari, kakanashika, kakaphala, raktala|ta=kakamari, kakanacam, kakkai kolli, muratayam, nancukkottai, pen kottai|te=kaaka maari, kaaki chempa, koditige, thippathige|hi=kakmari|en=Fish berry}}
<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), Teekshna (Strong)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate| 20-25 x 15-19 cm, glabrous, broadly ovate, apex acute, base truncate, margin entire; 5-ribbed, coriaceous; petiole 8-13 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|large drooping panicles on old branches||9| Sepals 6 in 2 rows, 3 x 2 mm, ovate, yellow. Petals absent. Stamens 9, combined into a globose staminal column, anthers sessile; staminodes 9 in female flowers, obovate, scaly. Carpels 3, free; style absent; stigma recurved. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|1 cm||obliquely ovoid, gibbous, black, smooth; seeds 1, black, glabrous.|}}
===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:Anamirta cocculus - Fish Berry young leaves at Mayyil (12).jpg|Young leaves
File:Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn. (32397571954).jpg|Leaves
File:Anamirta cocculus flowers 2014 (2).jpg|Flowers
File:Anamirta cocculus 0873.jpg|Leaf
File:Anamirta cocculus 10.jpg|Fruits
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/anamirta-cocculus.html 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=Anamirta+cocculus]
* [https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Anamirta_cocculus_(PROSEA)]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Climber]]
