Botanical name : Merremia emarginata (Burm.f.) Hall.f.
Family : Convolvulaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Akhukarni
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta
Guna : Lakhu, Snigdha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English :
Hindi : Musakani, Musakari
Malayalam : Eliccevi
Distribution – Throughout India, in humid areas.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial creeper herb; leaves simple, long stalked, ovate-cordate or reniform; flowers yellow, axillary on 1-3 flowered, very short peduncles. Fruits are globose capsules with 2-4 small brown seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, kidney diseases, urinary tract diseases, cough, cardiac diseases, gastric problems, fever, anemia, skin diseases, head ache and poison
Useful part : Whole plant.
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