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'''Tilaparni''' is an erect, branched, annual plant with sticky leaves. It can grow 40 - 150cm tall. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The plant is occasionally cultivated in India, where it is gaining in popularity as a low-cost substitute for cumin. Its cultivation is promoted for degraded or marginal agricultural land where it can be cultivated with less difficulty than traditional crops.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Ringworm}}, {{Uses|Flatulence}}, {{Uses|Dyspepsia}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}<ref name="Uses"/> ===Food===Tilaparni can be used in Food. Whole plant is cooked as vegetable. The pungent seeds are occasionally used as condiment in curries or in preparation of chutney.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Cleome viscosa Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Nutritional components"/>
==Habit==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivateCultivation Details==Must be sown in sandy, well draining soil and only lightly covered. Requires bright and warm conditions to thrive.Tilaparni is available through October to December<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
File:Cleome viscosa L. (AM AK302073-3).jpg|Capsule
File:Cleome Viscosa 7429.JPG|Capsules
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cleome+viscosa Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional components">Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune</ref>
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