Botanical name : Chonemorpha macrophylla (Roxb.) G.Don. (C. fragrans (Moon) Alston)
Family : Apocynaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Murva, Morata, Dhanurmala, Madhusrava.
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Madhura, Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Sara, Guru
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka: Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English :
Hindi : Garbhedaro
Malayalam : Parumkurumba
Distribution – Throughout India growing in moist forests.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large, woody perennial twinner or spreading plant with soft greyish bark. Leaves simple, opposite, large, ovate, acute, orbicular with prominent veins. Flower large, creamy white, with yellow inside, found in terminal or axillary cymes. Fruits long, straight, woody mericarps, containing many seeds crowned with silky coma.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, skin diseases, constipation, flatulence, colic, worms, urinary tract diseases, cardiac debility, jaundice, bronchitis and fever.
Useful part : Roots
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