Botanical name : Selaginella rupestris Spring.
Family : Selaginellaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Amritachada, Garudi, Sarpadani
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Resurrection plant
Hindi  : Garudi
Malayalam : Garudapacha
Distribution – In dense wet evergreen forests of Western Ghats, grows attached with stones near streams.  
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small herb grows up to 20 cm in height. Leaves compound, leaflets very small, up to 30 in numbers per leaf, ovate and acute; flowers solitary and sterile.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, skin diseases, snake poison, traumatic edema and general debility.
Useful part : Whole plant.