Botanical name : Pavetta indica Linn
Family : Rubiaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Papata, Tiyakphala
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya   : Seeta
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  :
Hindi  : Papari
Malayalam : Pavatta, Malayamotti
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in planes.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small woody shrub grows up to 1 meter in height. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, pubescence, petiolate and stipulate. Flowers axillary or terminal cymes, white, fragrant and small. Fruits ovoid drupes.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, constipation, urinary retention, and edema, and skin diseases.
Useful part : Roots, Leaves.