Botanical name : Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.
Family : Euphorbiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Aranyajayapala, Vanajayapala
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Katu
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Purple jatropha
Hindi : Ban jayapal
Malayalam : Kattuneervalam, Kattukadalavanakku
Distribution – Growing naturally throughout India, along roadsides and wastelands.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An erect perennial shrub grows up to 2 meters in height. Leaves simple, alternate, long petioled, deeply lobed to 3-5, and hairy. Flowers in axillary cymes, unisexual, bright red; fruits three chambered, contain 1 seed on each chamber.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, severe constipation, skin diseases, and allergy. Overdose causes toxic symptoms.
Useful part : Fruits, Latex.
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