42,828
edits
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.
Changes
no edit summary
[[File:Holostemma ada-kodien Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg|thumb|right|''Arkapushpi'', ''Holostemma'']]
'''Arkapushpi''' is a genus of Flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae. The genus was first described in 1810. As presently constituted, the genus contains only one known species, Holostemma ada-kodien, native to southern Asia (China, Nepal, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand).
==Uses==
{{Uses|Pregnancy care}}, {{Uses|Eye care}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|ulcersUlcers}}, {{Uses|woundsWounds}}, {{Uses|gonorrhoeaGonorrhoea}}, {{Uses|diarrheaDiarrhea}}, {{Uses|coughsCoughs}}, {{Uses|loss Loss of appetite}}, {{Uses|stomachStomach-ache}}, {{Uses|heal Heal ulcers}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Rhizome}}, {{Parts Used|latexLatex}}.
==Chemical Composition==
===Flower===
{{Flower|peduncled Peduncled cymes|10–15 cm long|Yellow-white||peduncles shorter than the petiole, stout; pedicels 1.5 cm long; calyx lobes ovate, 4 mm long; corolla 2.5 cm across, campanulate, pale purple, lobes 8 x 6 mm, ovate, obtuse}}
===Fruit===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Scrub jungles}}, {{Commonly seen|deciduous Deciduous forests}}, {{Commonly seen|plainsPlain area}}
==Photo Gallery==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.medicinalplantsindia.com/jivanti.html "Chemical contents"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229953 "Diagnostic"]</ref>
</references>
