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==Chemical Composition==
Ethanol extraction of the fresh leaves of P. roxburghii proved convenient for the isolation of polyphenolic compounds. In addition to triterpenoids this extract yielded ellagic acid, gallic acid, gallocatechin, ellagi-and gallo-tannins and saponins. The main components of the root bark were triterpenoids, friedelin, putranjivadione, roxburgholone, methyl putrate and saponins derived from oleanolic acid.
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Stipule small, lateral, caducous; petiole 5-7 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 3.5-12 x 1.5-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, base oblique, apex shortly acuminate, acute or obtuse with retuse tip; margin serrate or serrulate, glabrous, dark green, shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, ascending, prominent, intercostae reticulate, slender, prominent. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|Axillary spikes|Yellow||Flowers unisexual, small, yellow; male flowers: sessile, in axillary spikes, 2-2.5 mm across; pedicels 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous; tepals 3-5, oblong, puberulous without, ciliate, obtuse, imbricate; stamens 2-4, 1.5-2 mm long; filaments thick, more or less connate towards base; anthers ovate, hairy; female flowers: solitary or in 2 or 3, axillary; pedicel upto 15 mm long, puberulous; bracts lanceolate; tepals 5-6, 2-2.5 × 1-1.5 mm, unequal, oblong, puberulous without, ciliate, acute; ovary superior, 3 x 2.5 mm, globose, tomentose, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style 3, spreading, tomentose, often connate below into dilated into broad fleshy stigma; stigma crescent-shaped, glandular.}}
===Fruit===
==How to plant/cultivate==
This species is usually dioecious, though occasional monoecious forms are found. Generally, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/04/20/putrajivaka-putranjiva-roxburghii/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
