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Sarcostemma acidum

Scientific Name
Sarcostemma acidum
Family Name
Asclepiadaceae
Common Names
Moon plant
Local Names
Somlata (India)
Description
A perennial, leafless, jointed shrub with green, cylindrical, fleshy, glabrous, twiningbranches having milky white latex. Leaves reduced to scales, opposite. Flowers whiteor pale greenish white, fragrant in umbels on branch extremities. Fruits follicles,tapering at both ends. Seeds flat, ovate, comose. (India)
Uses
Dipsia, viral infections, hydrophobia, psychopathy, debility, snake bite, rabid dogsbites (India)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Sarcostemma acidum (GRIN)

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