Botanical name : Basella rubra Linn.
Family : Basellaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kalambi, Mohini, Pothee, Upodika
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Kashaya, Katu, Madhura    
Guna   : Snigda, Picchila
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     :     Indian spinach
Hindi        :     Poi, Safed bachla
Malayalam    :     Vasalacheera
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial twining herb with fleshy stem and leaves, reddish green in colour. Leaves simple, alternate, lamina narrowed into petiole. Flowers-white or red, bracteoles longer than perianth; fruits red, white or black, globose.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, burning sensation, hemorrhages, skin diseases, sexual weakness and ulcer and as a laxative in children and pregnant women.
Useful part    :    Stems, leaves

Photo : Dr. Eby Abraham MD