Botanical name : Baliospermum montanum (Wild.) Muell-Arg.
Family : Euphorbiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Dandi
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasam    : Katu
Gunam   : Lakhu, Rooksha,
Viryam   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  :
Hindi  : Dandi
Malayalam : Nagadandi, Dandi
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial and woody undershrub grows up to 1.5 meters in height. Leaves simple, sinuate-toothed, upper ones small, lower ones are large, flowers are numerous, in axillary recemes with male flowers above and female below. Fruits capsule, 12 mm long, obovoid, seeds ellipsoid and smooth.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, dropsy, constipation, flatulence, jaundice, hemorrhoids, skin diseases, calculi, wounds, splenomegali, leukoderma, and fever. Seeds are drastic purgative.
Useful part : Leaves, Root, Seeds