Botanical name : Ipomoea nil (Linn.) Roth. (Ipomoea hederaceae auct.non (Linn.) Jacq )
Family : Convolvulaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Krishnabeeja
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Katu, Madhura
Guna : Lakhu.
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Morning glory
Hindi : Kaladana
Malayalam : Taliyari
Distribution – Throughout India in wastelands.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An annual, sometimes perennial twinner herb grows over hedges and bushes. Leaves simple, ovate, cordate, more often 3-lobed, lobes ovate -acuminate, sparsely hairy; Flowers showy, funnel shaped, blue, tinged with pink, turning to red on aging, found in umbellate cymes; fruits ovoid smooth capsules, seeds black, 4-5. nearly triangle.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, inflammations, constipation, intestinal worms, skin diseases, dyspepsia, flatulence, bronchitis, gout, joint pain and fever.
Useful part : Seeds
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