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Adenia hondala

Adenia is a genus of Flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. The centers of diversity are in Madagascar, eastern and western tropical Africa, and Southeast Asia. The genus name Adenia comes from "aden", reported as the Arabic name for the plant by Peter Forsskål, the author of the genus.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Dried Folaige, Whole herb.

Chemical Composition

lanceolin, stenodactylin, and volkensin

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	kaadu tonde
Hindi
Malayalam	karimutukk
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	vidari
English	Agrimony

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	large	Stems are thick at nodes, leaf large and deeply palmately lobed

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	greenish	5-20	Flowers are large, greenish, bell-shaped with petals curled back. Fruit is green when immature, orange when ripe

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
	4-8cm rounded	fruit is partly responsible for the accidental poisoning among children		many	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Easily grown in most soils[21][22], preferring a calcareous soil. Thrives in a dry lightly shaded position[16], though it prefers full sun. Plants usually self-sow quite freely when growing in a suitable position[19]. The seeds are contained in burrs that can easily attach themselves to clothing or animal's fur, thus transporting them to a new area where they can germinate and grow.The cultivar 'Sweet scented' is popular in France for making tea because the whole plant is sweet scented and the flowers have a spicy apricot-like fragrance

Commonly seen growing in areas

shrublands, open woodlands, grasslands, floodplains.

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