Botanical name : Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merrill.
Family : Asclepiadaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Svasaghni, Lataksheeri
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Madhura, Katu
Guna   : Lakhu
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Indian ipecacuanha
Hindi  : Antamul, Jangli pikvam
Malayalam : Vallippala
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in planes, as a spreading plant.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A slender twinner shrub. Leaves simple, opposite, fleshy, ovate cordate, acute; flowers in umbel inflorescence, purplish; fruits fusiform, divaricate, tapering to the apex; seeds ovate with long coma.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, cough, asthma, bronchitis, dysentery, diarrhea, wounds, ulcer, hemorrhoids, malignant tumor, and leukemia.
Useful part : Roots, Leaves.