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'''Cadaba farinosa''' , '''Cleome fruiticosa''', is a slender, evergreen woody plant. It grows up to 5 metres tall. It has a strongly furrowed stem, rarely straight, with a yellowish grey bark. A food preparation made using the leaves of this plant is sold in local markets. The plant also has medicinal uses and is planted for soil stabilization. Also known as capper bush, it is regarded as the sacred tree of the Dwapara Yuga<ref name="Sacred Plants"/>.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Colds}}, {{Uses|Various internal disorders}}, {{Uses|Dermatological conditions}}, {{Uses|Anthrax}}.
==Chemical Composition==
The preliminary phytochemical screening of Cadaba fruticosa showed the presence of plant components such as carbohydrates, tannin, flavonoids, quinines, cardiac glycosides, terpenoids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Oval|Round|These leaves are arranged alternately on the branches}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Axillary|2 to 4 CM|White|Usally in terminal racemes, axillary, solitary}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Cylindrycal||Nearly Leathery|||Its seeds are round in Shape and Orange in color}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Other features===
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistryhttp://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/226155/5/chapter4.pdf Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag pdf, Page no - 89</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c/cadaba-fruticosa Common names]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cadaba+farinosa Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Sacred Plants">Sacred Plants of India, Nanditha Krisna & M Amirthalingam, Penguin books, 2014</ref>
</references>
