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==Uses==
{{Uses|Pregnancy care}}, {{Uses|Eye care}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Gonorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Loss of appetite}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}.
===Food===
Arkapushpi can be used in Food. Fleshy flower buds and tender fruits are cooked as vegetable. Buds sometimes eaten raw.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Arkapushpi Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; β-carotene; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==How to plant/cultivate==
The plant can be propagated through seeds.Matured seeds are collected from the plant during December–January before they disperse. Seeds are cleaned, dried, and stored for sowing.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>. Arkapushpi is available through June to October<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229953 Diagnostic]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/holostemma-ada-kodien Cultivation details]</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.93, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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