Botanical name : Holostemma ada-kodien Schultes

Family : Asclepiadaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Jeevanti, Arkapushpi, Ksheerini, Payasvini

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Madhura,

Guna : Lakhu, Snigda

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Chirvel

Malayalam : Adapatiyan

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Perennial laticiferous woody climber. Leaves are simple, opposite, and cordate. Flowers are whitish purple in color, as axillary umbellate cyme. Fruits thick follicles, about 9 cm long and pointed. Roots are long, irregularly twisted, thick and cylindrical.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated tridoshas, diseases of eye, ear, burning sensation, cough, fever and diabetes.

Useful part : Root