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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|arthritis}}, {{Uses|heartburn}}, {{Uses|joint pain}}, {{Uses|stomach pain}}, {{Uses|ulcerative colitis}}, {{Uses|bypass surgery}}, {{Uses|diarrhea}}, {{Uses|intestinal gas}}, {{Uses|loss of appetite}}, {{Uses|jaundice}}, {{Uses|liver problems}}, {{Uses|Helicobacter pylori}}, {{Uses|stomach ulcers}}, {{Uses|irritable bowel syndrome}}, {{Uses|gallbladder disorders}}, {{Uses|high cholesterol}}, {{Uses|lichen planus}}, {{Uses|fatigue}}, {{Uses|headaches}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Rhizome}}, {{Parts Used|Oil}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Rhizome yields essential oil, containing curdione and curcumol, colouring matter, cucurmin, resin, mucilage, albumionoids, starch, gum and sugar<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=Ada kodien|sa= Jivanti, Arkapushpi|ta=Palay kirai|te=Palagurugu|hi=Chhirvel|en=wild turmeric, aromatic turmeric}}
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Large|Oblong|Up to 1 m long, dark green on upper surface, pale green beneath. Each leafy shoot (pseudostem) bearing 8–12 leaves}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|10–15 cm long|Yellow-white||Flowers are sterile and do not produce viable seed}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled||Small, ovoid, brown. Not viable|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Turmeric is a low-growing tropical herbaceous plant, which forms many long thin rhizomes<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Trophical}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub trophical}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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File:Curcuma aromatica.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.mpbd.info/plants/curcuma-aromatica.php "medicinal plants"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796451-1 "kewscience"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-662-turmeric.aspx?activeingredientid=662&activeingredientname=turmeric "web md"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796451-1 "kewscience"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
