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'''Leea indica''' is an erect shrub to small tree, often with several stems. It usually grows up to 10 metres tall, occasionally to 16 metres, with stems around 19cm in diameter. Plants are frequently stilt-rooted. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is locally cultivated in India and China for medicinal purposes. It is often grown as an ornamental and is also grown as a green manure.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Severe cough}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Headache}}, {{Uses|Body pains}}, {{Uses|Dizziness}}, {{Uses|Body pains}}, {{Uses|Fevers}}, {{Uses|Sleeplessness}}, {{Uses|Muscular pain}}, {{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Intestinal cancer}}.<ref name="Uses"/> ===Food===Leea indica can be used in Food. Leaves and tender shoots are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|stemFruits}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{.<ref name="Parts Used|Root}}."/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Chatri|en=|gu=Bandicoot berry|hi=Kukur jihwa|kn=|ks=Gadhapatri|ml=Nakku|mr=|pa=Karkani|ta=Nalava|te=Amkador}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta
===Prabhava===
===PrabhavaNutritional components===Leea indica Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C and E; Palmitic acid, Phthalic acid, Gallic acid; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|2-3 pinnate|Alternate|Leaves 2 or 3 pinnate, alternate, leaflets 11-14 x 3-5 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, serrate-dentate; lateral nerves 12-15 pairs, intercostae parallel, curved; stipules obovate-obtuse, to 5 x 4 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Cymes|Terminal cymes|Greenish white||Flowering is from December to July}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A berry|6mm across||Seeds densely red-glandular||Fruiting is from December to July}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}, {{Propagation|Air layering}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Succeeds in full or partial sun, preferring a moist, fertile, well-drained soil<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Leea indica is available through August to March<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Swamp forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub-montane forests}}, {{Commonly seen|Along rivers}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|On limestone}}.
==Photo Gallery==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">["Chemistry"http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION]</ref> <ref name="LeafCommon names">["Morphology"http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "https://ayurwiki.org/index.php?title=Leea_indica&action=edit Cultivation"]</ref><ref name="Uses">Uses of Leea indica - Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref><ref name="Parts Used">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.66, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.103, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bandicoot%20Berry.html Leea indica on flowersofindia.net]* [ https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/14130 Leea indica on indiabiodiversity.org]* [ https://www.greenpharmacy.info/index.php/ijgp/article/view/1602 Leea indica on greenpharmacy.info]
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