Botanical name : Toddalia asiatica (Linn.) Lam.
Family : Rutaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Teekshnaksha, Kanchana
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya, Madhura
Guna : Lakhu, Snigdha
Virya : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Wild orange tree, Forest pepper
Hindi : Jangli kalimarich, Kanch
Malayalam : Mulakutali, Vallinarakam, Kara, Mulakutanni
Distribution – Throughout India, growing wild in dry areas.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A prickly climber grows over bushes and hedges. Leaves palmately compound, trifoliate, with oblong acute leaflets. Flowers white or greenish yellow in terminal or axillary panicles. Fruits sub-globose, fleshy, orange colored, with small seeds covered by mucilage.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, hemiplegia, malaria, colic, flatulence, diarrhea, wounds, ulcers, epilepsy and poison insect bites.
Useful part : Root, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits.