Botanical name : Ipomoea sepiaria Roxb.
Family : Convolvulaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Lakshmana. Klitani, Putrada, Nagini, Asrabinduchada
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Madhura
Guna   : Guru, Snigda
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Ipomoea
Hindi  : Bankalmi
Malayalam : Tirutali
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A slender twinning perennial with villous stems and tuberous roots. Leaves simple alternate, petiolate, cordate, blotched with brownish or purplish patches towards the centre; flowers pale purple or pink, funnel shaped, in umbellate axillary cymes. Fruits ovoid capsules, 2-4 seeded, seeds grey colored covered over silky pubescence. 
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, sterility in women, urinary retention, constipation, and gynecological disorders.
Useful part : Whole plant.