Family: Apocynaceae
Synonym: Hemidesmus cordatus (Poir.) Schult., Periploca cordata Poir.
Vernacular name: Vattolam, Vattu, Valli
Habit: Climber
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malesia
Flowering and Fruiting: April-June
Key identification features: Climbing herbs with glabrous stems and ovate leaves, acuminate apex, and rounded or subcordate base. Flowers are greenish-yellow with brown dots and small ovate to orbicular sepals.
Uses: The leaves
of this woody climber are used in Indian traditional medicine to cure ulcerous
sores. Root bark is cholagogue and used in treating dyspepsia.
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