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[[File:Cryptolepis buchanani-2-yelagiri-vellore-India.jpg|thumb|right]]
'''Cryptolepis buchanani''' is much branched, Large climbing shrub. Purplish red when young peeling off in papery flakes and It will become brown when old.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Appetitis}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Rickets}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Roots}}., {{Parts Used|Stem}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Krishna sariva|en=Indian Sarsaparilla|gu=|hi=Karanta|kn=Medhagulihambu|ks=|ml=Kattupalvalli|mr=|pa=|ta=Paalkodi|te=Adavipaalatige}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Elliptic, Oblong or oblong – Lanceolate|Acute or Acuminate|Leaves are 7.5 – 12.5 cm X 3.8 – 6.3 cm in size, green above and whitish beneath}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Ovate-lanceolate with scarious margins||Greenish yellow or Yellow white||Flowering season is December to May}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Follicle|2.5-10 cm long|||Seeds are 0.5 cm long in size, ovate-oblong, compressed and black in colour|Fruiting season is December to May}}
===Other features===
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 146
</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/cryptolepis-buchananii-1 Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 587</ref>
<ref name="LeafKarnataka Medicinal Plants">[Morphology]"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.590, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/cryptolepis-buchananii-1 Cryptolepis buchanani on vikaspedia.in]
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