Botanical name : Holostemma ada-kodien Schultes
Family : Asclepiadaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Jeevanti, Arkapushpi, Ksheerini, Payasvini
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Madhura,  
Guna   : Lakhu, Snigda
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  :  
Hindi  :  Chirvel
Malayalam :  Adapatiyan
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Perennial laticiferous woody climber. Leaves are simple, opposite, and cordate. Flowers are whitish purple in color, as axillary umbellate cyme. Fruits thick follicles, about 9 cm long and pointed. Roots are long, irregularly twisted, thick and cylindrical. 
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated tridoshas, diseases of eye, ear, burning sensation, cough, fever and diabetes.
Useful part : Root