Botanical name : Ipomoea batatas (Linn.) Lam.
Family : Convolvulaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Pindalu, Raktalu
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura, Kashaya
Guna : Guru, Snigdha
Virya : Seeta
Vipaka: Madhura
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Sweet potato
Hindi : Meeta aalu, Sakkharkand
Malayalam : Madhurakizhangu, Sarkarakizhangu
Distribution – Cultivated throughout India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A slender creeper with red tuberous roots. Leaves simple, alternate, entire and deeply lobed. Flowers purple, solitary, in cymose clusters. Fruits globose or ovoid capsules, seeds 2-4 flat and black colored.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, burning sensations, constipation, general weakness, renal calculi, and sexual stimulant.
Useful part : Root tubers.