Family:
Apocynaceae
Synonym: Asclepias annularia Roxb., Holostemma annularium (Roxb.) K.Schum.
Vernacular
name: Atakothiyan, Adapathiyan, Jeevani, Madhusrava,
Nagavalli
Habit:
Climbing shrub
Habitat:
Hot open terai, scrub and open forested areas
Flowering
& Fruiting: April-September.
Distribution:
Subtropical biome
Key
identification features: Ringed Swallow-Wort is a handsome,
extensive, laticiferous, twining shrub with large conspicuous flowers. The bark
is deeply cracked. The leaves are ovate to heart-shaped, coriaceous, acute,
smooth above, and finely pubescent. The flowers are greenish-yellow in color,
purplish crimson inside, in lateral cymes.
Uses:
Mainly
the roots and the whole plant are used for medicinal purposes. Externally the
paste of its leaves and roots alleviate oedema due to vitiation of pitta dosa.
The herb is beneficial for external use in various skin diseases, wounds and
inflammation of the skin.
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