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'''Ajakarna or Vateria indica, the white dammar''', is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae<ref name="family"/> family. It is endemic to India. It is threatened by habitat loss. This tree grows like a palm but has blunt thorns along its trunk. Common names are '''Damar''', '''Badasal''',<ref name="common names"/> etc

== Description Uses== White Damar is a tall tree generally up to 40 m sometimes going up to 60 m. Bark is greyish{{Uses|Wounds}}, smooth; blaze cream. Young branchlets are round{{Uses|Cuts}}, hairy. Branches exude resinous substance. Leaves are simple{{Uses|Snakebites}}, alternate{{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, spirallly arranged. Stipules are caducous. Leaf-stalks are 2-3.5 cm{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, swollen at apex{{Uses|Blotches}}, nearly hairless. Leaves are 8-27 x 4.5-10 cm{{Uses|Pimples}}, elliptic-oblong{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, tip abruptly long-pointed or blunt, base rounded to somewhat heart-shaped, margin entire, leathery, hairless. Midrib is flat above; secondary nerves 13-20 pairs, curved near margin, impressed above. Flowers are borne in panicles in leaf axils, with dense stellate hairs.<ref name="common names"/>{{Uses|Sore throats}}

== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Bark}}.

*The ==Chemical Composition==Bark contains Dl-epicatechin, fischinidol and afzetechin. Tree yields a resin extracted by scratching the tree's bark which is used as incense in Indiaa complex mixture of triterpenes. The resin is also used Seeds yield semi solid fat known as an [[Ayurvedic medicine]]Piney tallow or Malabar tallow. Vateria indica oil is produced from the seedsFruit shell yields tannins.*It is used in chronic bronchitis and throat troubles, piles, diarrhoea and etcGum yields lipids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==common namesProperties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==A tree of low to moderate elevations in the moist, monsoonal tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,200 metres<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|west coastal evergreen forests of India}}, {{Commonly seen|secondary evergreen dipterocarp forest}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="common chemical composition">[https://herbs.indianmedicinalplants.info/index.php/sanskrit-names-of-plants/36-2012-02-18-18-09-08/93-vateria-indica "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://wwwweb.flowersofindiaarchive.netorg/catalogweb/slides20131226161459/http://www.wildflowers-guide.com/White%20Damar39-agrimony.html "Flowers of Indiawayback machine"]</ref> <ref name="familyHow to plant/cultivate">[httphttps://plantswww.usdapfaf.govorg/coreuser/profilePlant.aspx?symbolLatinName=VAIN5 "Vateria +indica"Cultivation details"]</ref>

== External Links ==* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20930407 Chemical constituents in the leaves of Vateria indica]*[https://enwww.wikipediapfaf.org/wikiuser/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agrimonia+eupatoria]* [https://Vateria_indica Vateria indicawww.herbal-supplement-resource.com/agrimony-Wikipediaherb.html]* [https://www.globalherbalsupplies.com/herb_information/agrimony.htm]* [https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/agrim015.html]