Botanical name : Ammania baccifera Linn. ssp. baccifera
Family : Lythraceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kurandika
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta
Guna : Lakhu
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Blistering ammania
Hindi : Dadamari, Kuranta
Malayalam : Kalluruvi, Neerummel neruppu
Distribution: Throughout India in marshy localities
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A herbecious plant, grows up to 60 cm in height. Branches usually opposite; leaves lower opposite, upper sometimes alternate, oblong or narrow-elliptic, rounded or sub-cordate, usually obtuse or sub-acute; flowers reddish in dense axillary clusters, apetalous or with minute petals; fruits depressed globose capsules covered by calyx partially.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta,, burning sensation, anorexia, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, renal and vesical calculi, rheumatism, intermittent fevers and herpes.
Useful part : Whole plant
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