Botanical name : Vitis indica W&A (Anpelocissus arnottiana Planch)
Family : Vitaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Vana draksha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Kashaya, Tikta, Madhura
Guna : Lakhu, Snigdha
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Wild grape.
Hindi : Jangali dak
Malayalam : Chempraballi kizangu, Chemmaravalli kizangu, Karandavalli, Chemmaravalli.
Distribution – Growing wildly in evergreen forests in India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Perennial soft stemmed creeper grows on hedges and bushes. Leaves simple, alternate, dentate, dentate is sometimes gives lobe like appearance, glabrous outer and pubescence inside, cordate and long petioled. Inflorescence is axillary and covered with fine hairs. Fruits are small, edible drupes.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, ulcers, inflammations, fracture, dysentery, diarrhea, fever, poisonous bites and in respiratory infections.
Useful part : Root, fruit, leaves.
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