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[[File:Fruit I IMG 9205.jpg|thumb|right|''Kleinhovia'', ''Guest tree'']]
'''Guest tree''' or '''Kleinhovia hospita''' is an evergreen, tropical tree native to Indonesia, Malaysia and other parts of tropical Asia. It is monotypic, being the only species in the genus Kleinhovia.
 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Scabies}}, {{Uses|Dyspepsia}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Psoriasis}}, {{Uses|Headache}}, {{Uses|Liver diseases}}, {{Uses|Pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Tuberculosis}}, {{Uses|Bee stings}}.
 
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
 
==Chemical Composition==
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==Common names==
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==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
'''Guest tree''' or '''Kleinhovia hospita''' is an evergreen, tropical tree native to Indonesia, Malaysia and other parts of tropical Asia. It is monotypic, being the only species in the genus Kleinhovia.
== Description =Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|||}}<ref name="Leaf"/> K. hospita is an evergreen, bushy tree growing up to 20 m high, with a dense rounded crown and upright pink sprays ===Flower==={{Flower||||}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||||||}} ===Other features=== ==List of flowers and fruits. Leaves are simple and alternate; stipules are ensiform to linear, about 8 mm long; petioles are 2.5–30 cm long; Ayurvedic medicine in which the leaf-blade herb is ovate to heart-shaped, glabrous on both sides, with the apex pointed. Secondary veins occur in 6-8 pairs, palmately nerved.used==
The flowers of K. hospita are terminal, in loose panicles protruding from the crown; flowers are about 5 mm wide, coloured pale pink; pedicels are 2–10 mm long; bracteoles are lanceolate, 2–4 mm long, pubescent; gynandrophores are 4–7 mm long, pubescent; there are 5 sepals, linear lanceolate, 6–8 mm long, pink, tomentose; 5 petals, inconspicuous, the upper one being yellow; 15 stamens, monaldelphous, 8–15 mm long, staminal tube broadly campanulate, adanate ==Where to gynandrophore, 5-lobed, each lobe having 3 anthers and alternating with staminodes; the anthers are sessile and extrorse; pistil occur with a 5-celled, pilose ovary, one style and a capitate, with a 5-lobed stigma. K. hospita flowers throughout get the year.saplings==
Fruit production starts early, often in the third year after planting. The fruit ==Mode of K. hospita are rounded, 5-lobed, thin-walled, membranous capsules, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, loculicidally dehiscent, each locule having 1-2 seeds. The seeds are globose, whitish, warty and exalbuminous. The fruits are more conspicuous than the flowers because of their abundance and size.Propagation=={{Propagation|}}
== Uses How to plant/cultivate==<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
*K. hospita is used as a traditional medicine ==Commonly seen growing in parts of Malayaareas=={{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to treat scabies.*The bark and leaves used as hairwash for lice{{Commonly seen|}}, while the juice of the leaves are used as an eyewash.[citation needed] Young leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Bast fibres are used for making ropes used for tying or for tethering livestock.<ref name="uses"/>(clarification needed)*Guest Tree is used as a traditional medicine in parts of Malaya{{Commonly seen|}}, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to treat scabies.<ref name="uses2"/>(clarification needed)*K. hospita is used for ornamental purposes: the attractiveness of the pink panicles accounts for its spread as an ornamental{{Commonly seen|}}.
==Common namePhoto Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
* '''English''' - Guest tree* '''Hindi''' - Bhola</gallery>
== References ==
<references><ref name="useschemical composition">[http://www.stuartxchange.org/Tan-ag.html Kleinhovia hospita Linn.]</ref><ref name="uses2chemistry">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Guest%20Tree.html Flowers of India]</ref> </references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">["morphology"]</ref>
*<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https:"Cultivation"]</ref></en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinhovia Kleinhovia-Wikipedia]references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.stuartxchange.org/Tan-ag.html ]
* [ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Guest%20Tree.html]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinhovia ]
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