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===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Pitta
===Prabhava===
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves subsessile, 4-11 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, subcoriaceous, whitish velvety tomentose and finely orangish- or black-punctate beneath. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary cymes|crimson|12|slightly zygomorphic, in 2-16-flowered axillary cymes; pedicels to 1 cm long. Calyx tube 1-1.5 cm long, tubular; lobes 6, short, more or less triangular, alternating with small callous appendages. Petals 6, red, 3-4 mm long, lanceolate-acuminate. Stamens 12, inserted near the bottom of the calyx tube, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Ovary 4-6 mm long, oblong, 2-celled; ovules many; style 0.7-1.5 cm long. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|0.6-1 x 0.25-0.4 cm||ellipsoid, included in the calyx|Seeds numerous, trigonous-ovoid.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Mustharishtam]]
* [[Sarivadyasava]]
* [[Chandanadi tailam]]
* [[Kutajashtaka kashayam]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228521"morphologyMorphology"]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2013/01/17/dhataki-woodfordia-fruticosa-uses-dose-side-effects-ayurveda/ "Ayurvedic preparations"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Woodfordia+fruticosa"Cultivationdetails"]</ref>
</references>
