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Hemidesmus indicus

Scientific Name
Hemidesmus indicus
Family Name
Asclepiadaceae
Common Names
Indian sarsaparilla
Local Names
Anantmul (India), Iramusu (Sri Lanka)
Description
A perennial, slender, twining or prostrate, wiry shrub. Leaves simple, opposite,elliptic-oblong to linear-lanceolate, variegated with white above, silvery white andpubescent beneath. Flowers greenish purple, crowded in leaf opposed subsessilecymes. Fruits slender, cylindrical, tapering to a point at the apex. Seeds flattened,black, ovate-oblong, coma silvery white. (India)
Uses
Burning sensations, leucoderma, leprosy, skin diseases, asthma, bronchitis,ophthalmia, epilepsy, diarrhoea, dysentery, syphilis, boils, arthritis, fever, generaldebility (India)
Alteratives, anorexia, carbuncles, cough, demulcent, diaphoretic, diarrhoea (SriLanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Naula, Bibila, Kanneliya, Meegahak, Pinna, Pallekale, Pattipola,Ganewatta
Remarks
Hemidesmus indicus (GRIN)

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