Botanical name : Sarcostemma acidum (Voigt)Voigt (S. brevistigma Wight & Arn.
Family : Asclepiadaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Soma, Somavalli
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta
Guna : Lakhu.
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Moon plant, Moon creeper
Hindi : Somlata
Malayalam : Somalata
Distribution – In dry rocky areas especially in Bihar, Bengal and in South India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Spreading perennial shrub with green, cylindrical, joined, fleshy glabrous, twining branches with milky latex; Tender shoot contain reduced leaves, that falls when the stem gets matured. Leaves are opposite; flowers white or pale greenish white, fragrant, in umbels on branch extremities; fruits follicles, tapering at both ends; with flat small seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, viral infection, mental diseases, arthritis and general debility.
Useful part : Whole plant.
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