Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica is an annual or short-lived perennial plant. It is like most milkweeds, it has opposite leaves and milky sap. The blossoms of scarlet milkweed are red and orange, less than an inch across, and appear in clusters at the top of 2 to 4 ft.

Uses

Ringworm, Sores, Rashes, Dermatitis, Dysentery.

Parts Used

Stem fibre, Root hair.

Chemical Composition

Leaves and stems of both plants were analyzed for acid-detergent fiber, acid-detergent lignin, cellulose and ash.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Kakatundi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	Pivla chitrak
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	Scarlet Milkweed

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

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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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

Succeeds in a range of climates from warm temperate to tropical.^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Pastures, Wastelands, Along roadsides.

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References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] Chemistry

[Leaf-2] [Morphology]

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] Cultivation

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