Botanical name : Embelia tsjeriam-cottam A.DC. (E.robusta C. B. Clarke, non-Roxb.)
Family : Myrsinaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Vidanga, Brihat vidanga
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Wawrung, Embilia
Hindi : Vayavidanga
Malayalam : Kattu Vizhal, Valiya Vizhalari
Distribution – Throughout grater part of India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large semi climber shrub with long drooping branches. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate - lanceolate, acuminate, entire, upper surface shiny; flowers greenish in axillary panicles. Fruits grayish berries with single globose seed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, intestinal worms, abdominal spasm, diarrhea, dysentery, flatulence, hypotension, and in bradicarida. It is widely used as an adulterant for Embelia ribes.
Useful part : Fruits
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