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Eleusine corocana - Madhulīkā

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[[File:Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (2934263357).jpg|thumb|right|''Madhulīkā'']]
The drug consists of dried root '''Finger millet''' is an annual plant widely grown as a cereal in the arid areas of Eleusine corocana (LAfrica and Asia.) Gaertn. (Fam. Poaceae), an erect, stout, annual grass, cultivated throughout Finger millet is originally native to the Ethiopian Highlands and was introduced into Indiaapproximately 4000 years ago.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Biliousness}}, {{Uses|Hepatitis}}, {{Uses|Leprosy}}, {{Uses|Liver disease}}, {{Uses|Measles}}, {{Uses|Pleurisy}}, {{Uses|Pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Small pox}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pinkPink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eleusine+coracanaCultivation details]</ref><ref name="Cultivation detailKarnataka Medicinal Plants"]>”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1117, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>

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