Coscinium fenestratum - Kālīyaka

Kālīyaka

Kālīyaka is a large woody climber with stout stem and branches, occurring in the Western Ghats.

Uses

Wounds, Ulcers.

Parts Used

Stem.

Chemical Composition

Alkaloids-berberine, palmitine, jatrorrhizine, proto-berberne, N-dilindacarpine, thalifendine and columbamine. The stems and roots of Kalambaka contain alkaloids including berberine. 3.5–5% and jatorrhizine. Stems contain ceryl palmitic acid and oleic acid

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Mardaa arashinaa
Hindi	Jhaar-ki-hald
Malayalam	Maramanjal
Tamil	Atturam, Kadari, Manjalkoid
Telugu	Manu pasupu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Kālīya, Kālīyākhya, Kāleyaka, Kalambaka
English	False Calumba

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Kaṣāya, Tikṭa

Guna

Laghu.Rūkṣa

Veerya

Śīta

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Pittahara, Dīpana, Pācana, Anulomaka, Raktaṣodhaka, Pittahara, Kaphamedohara, Dīpana, Pācana, Kaphamedohara.

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Oblong deltoid	Obscurely peltate	Leaf are glabrous above, hairy and reticulate beneath.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	Green	Borne in dense globose heads	It is a dioecious plant and comes to bloom from August to October

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Drupe globose	3-8 cm	Villous and bony endocarp		Seed is globose	{{{6}}}

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lowland forest, Soils include granitic, Sandstone area.

Photo Gallery

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  Stem

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  Fruit

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  Leaf underside

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