Botanical name : Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.
Family : Asclepiadaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kurootaka, Uttamarani
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Kashaya, Katu
Guna   : Lakhu
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     :
Hindi        : Uttaran, Jootak
Malayalam    : Velipparutti
Distribution – Throughout India, especially grows in dry areas.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial twinning herb with latex all over. Leaves simple, opposite, cordate, acuminate, velvety pubescent beneath; flowers greenish yellow, in long umbel, fruits follicles, with soft spiny projection all over, seeds many, ovate pubescent, and truncate at apex.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, cough, asthma, hemorrhoids, worm infestations, dyspepsia, uterine and menstrual disorders and intermittent fever.
Useful part    :    Whole plant.   

Photo: Dr. Eby Abraham MD