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[[File:(Helicteres isora) (East Indian screw tree seed at Kambalakonda 09) W2 IMG 1250.JPGjpg|thumb|right|''Avartani'', ''Helicteres isora'']]
'''Avartani''' is a shrub or small tree. It can grow up to 8 metres tall. It is gathered from the wild and used locally as a medicine, the plant has also been experimentally cultivated as a fibre plant in India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Intestinal parasites}}, {{Uses|Scabies}}, {{Uses|Biliousness}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary, solitary or in few-flowered cymes|Red|10|Bracts 2-3 mm long, linear, 2 brown glands present in the axil of bracts.Flowering season is July-December}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Follicles|4-6 cm long|Spirally twisted, stellate-tomentose, beaked||Seeds 2-3 mm long, angular, black, wrinkled|Fruiting: season is September to November}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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==Where to get the saplings==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:East Indian screw tree (Helicteres isora) foliage at Kambalakonda 09.JPG|Young leaves
File:Helicteres isora 30.JPG|Flower
File:Helictrus isora 05.JPG|Roots
(Helicteres isora) East Indian screw tree seed at Kambalakonda 07.JPG
File:Helicteres isora (East Indian screw tree) W IMG 1245.jpg|Matured leaves
</gallery>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Helicteres_isora_(PROSEA) Cultivation details]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">Joural paper of Chemical and Pharmaceutical bulletin.</ref>
<ref name="Parts Used">Karnataka ”Karnataka Medicinal PlantsVolume -Vol 2 book 2” by Dr. M. R. Gurudeva, Page no:No.103, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
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