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'''Ajagandhā''' consists of the seeds of Cleome gynandra Linn. Syn. Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briquet (Fam. Capparidaceae), a strong smelling, somewhat foetid herb, . It grows upto 0.6 - 1 m high, tall. It can found abundantly throughout warmer parts of India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Mouth sores}}, {{Uses|Bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Mild diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Physical weakness}}, {{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Urinary trouble}}, {{Uses|Snakebite}}, {{Uses|Infection in intestine}}.
===Food===
Ajagandha can be used in food. Leaves are used as a fl avoring agent and are cooked as vegetable. They are slightly bitter but cooking removes bitterness.
==Parts Used==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Ajagandha Contains the Following nutritional components like - 7-phenoxycoumarine, Diterpene lactone, Myristic, Palmitic acid, Steric, Oleic,
Linoleic acid; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Nutritional components"/>
==Habit==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|1.5 cm across|whiteWhite|5|Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes calyx lobes unequal, glandular, pubescent; petals long clawed, spreading; stamens 6, attached to the long gynandrophore; ovary glandular.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule| 3-4 cm long terete, glandular, tip discoid.|||seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Ayaskriti]]* [[Narayana churna]]<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivateCultivation Details==Seed - surface sow or only lightly cover the seed in spring in a greenhouse. The seed usually germinates in 5 - 14 days at 25 . Ajagandha is available from June to October<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf "chemistry"Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India Vol-2 Chemistry]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER 2.0, N.SASIDHARAN "morphology"]</ref><ref name="cultivation Cultivation details">[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Cleome+gynandra "Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/04/17/ajagandha-uses-research-dose-side-effects/ Ayurvedic preparations]</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>
</references>
