Botanical name : Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebr.
Family : Menispermaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Darvi, Daruharidra, Peetadaru, Peetadru
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka: Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Tree turmeric
Hindi : Daruhaldi, Jharihaldi.
Malayalam : Maramanjal
Distribution – Growing in dense forests, of Western Ghats, in India.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large woody climber grows with cylindrical and yellowish stem. Leaves simple, oblong, deltoid, alternate, minutely tomentose beneath, smooth above, with yellowish tint. Flowers yellow, unisexual in supra axillary inflorescence. Fruits globose drupes, smooth contains one globose seed.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, skin diseases, diseases of the eye, inflammations, wounds, jaundice, diabetes, fever and general debility.
Useful part : Stem.
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