Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Tylophora fasciculata

From Ayurwiki
Revision as of 12:00, 28 August 2020 by Prabhakar (talk | contribs) (Parts Used)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Tylophora dalzellii (4745807521).jpg

Tylophora fasciculata is a small, slender, much-branched undershrub or twining pubescent herb producing stems 30 - 90cm tall. The rhizome is 25 - 50mm in diameter. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine and rat poison. It belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.[1]

Uses

Fever, Ulcers, Wounds.[2]

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots.

Chemical Composition

Tylophora indica contains 0.2%–0.3% alkaloids but the alkaloid content (w/w) in commercial samples is standardized to about 0.1% of tylophorine in the sun-dried material.[3]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Adumuttada balli
Hindi Anantamul
Malayalam
Tamil Pyapaalai
Telugu Kaakapaala
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Anantamula
English Countryipikakyun

.[1]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Annual rainfall of about 1000–1500 mm is ideal for Tylophora plant. It prefers partial shade conditions of the forests and soil rich in humus.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Thickets, Hills among grass.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:29
  2. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  3. [Chemical constituents]
  4. [Morphology]
  5. Cultivation

External Links