Botanical name : Hugonia mystax Linn.
Family : Linaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kamsamara
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Kashaya, Tikta, Madhura
Guna   : Guru
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Climbing flax
Hindi  :
Malayalam : Kartotti, Motirakkanni
Distribution – Throughout India growing in dry forests.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large shrubby climber. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, elliptic-obovate; flowers yellow, axillary; fruits globose 3 seeded drupes.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, arthritis and inflammations.
Useful part : Roots