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Decalepis hamiltoni - Makali beru

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[[File:Decalepis hamiltonii.jpg|thumb|right|''Makali beru'']]
'''Swallow Root''' is an endemic and endangered plant of Andhra Pradesh. It grows in between the rocks and places where there is thick vegetation. Milky latex is present in the entire plant. Each root is 5-10 cm in diameter and 4-10 roots arise from the rootstock.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Blood Purification}}, {{Uses|Wound Healing}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Poisoning}}, {{Uses|Skin Diseases}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|RootsRoot}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=sarivaSariva, svetasarivaSvetasariva|en=|gu=|hi=Swallowroot|kn=maakali Maakali beru|ks=|ml=nannariNannari, naruninti|mr=|pa=Naruninti|ta=mahaliMahali-kizhangu, makalikkilankuMakalikkilanku, mavillinga Mavillinga kizhanku, perumPerum-nannari|te=madina Madina kommulu, maredu Maredu kommulu}}
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===Dravya===
===Rasa===
 
===Guna===
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves to 6 x 4.5 cm, obovate-elliptic or orbicular, apex obtuse, base cuneate, membranous; petiole to 1.5 cm. Milky latex is present in whole plant.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Cymes| Cymes trichotomous; peduncle to 2 cm; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, 1.5 mm; pedicel to 1 cm; calyx lobes oblong, tinged with brown, 2 mm, chartaceous, valvate, acute. Corolla cream, 7 mm across, campanulate; lobes spreading, 3.5 mm, valvate, villous within, acute to recurved. Stamens connivent; pollinia horizontal; pollinial bags closely adherent, flat, 0.6 mm; caudicle indistinct; receptacle minute. Corona double, staminal; outer scale-like, truncate, 1 mm; inner flat, adhering |Flowering from April to gynostegium, 2 mm. Glands 5 at the base of corolla, alternating with stamens, 1 mm, 2 fid. Ovaries subglobose, 1 mm; style 0.7 mm; stigma obtuse or flat. |July}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Follicles|5.5 × 3 cm||Follicle oblong or lanceolate, cylindric 5.5 × 3 cm; epicarp thick, crinkled|seed ovate 6 × 4 mm; teats angled, chartaceous, tipped with long, white, silky coma||Fruiting from April to July}}
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==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Decalepis hamiltonii 3.jpg|FlowersFile:Decalepis hamiltonii 1.jpg|FolliclesFile:Decalepis hamiltonii 2.jpg|SeedFile:Decalepis hamiltonii 5.jpg|Whole plant
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="Plant morphology">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262419212_A_Review_on_Decalepis_hamiltonii_Wight_Arn "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="Uses">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262419212_A_Review_on_Decalepis_hamiltonii_Wight_Arn "Uses"]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262419212_A_Review_on_Decalepis_hamiltonii_Wight_Arn "Ayurvedic preparations"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/index.php/bot_search "Common names]</ref><ref name="]Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1047, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/50126587/0 Decalepis hamiltonii on Iucn-Redlist]* [ https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/download/845/1509/ Decalepis hamiltonii on Threatened Taxa - Article]* [ https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Swallow-Root.html Decalepis hamiltonii on Flowers of India catalog]* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32159 Decalepis hamiltonii on India Biodiversity portal]* [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30021395/ Decalepis hamiltonii on National Library of Medicine Journal article]* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423805001196 Decalepis hamiltonii on Science Direct portal]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Apocynaceae]]

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