Diplocyclos palmatus

Diplocyclos palmatus is a perenial climber with hairless stem becoming thickened and white dotted on the ridges when older. It is a short-lived, perennial climbing plant producing annual, much-branched stems up to 6 metres long from a fleshy rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation where it attaches itself by means of tendrils.

Uses

Fever, Dysentery, Sexual problems, Asthma, Constipation^[1].

Food

Diplocyclos palmatus can be used in Food. Young leaves are cooked as vegetable^[2].

Parts Used

Seed, Leaf^[1].

Chemical Composition

It contains the following constituents Aalkaloids, Triterpinoids, Flavonoids, Saponins, Steroids and Proteins^[3]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Lingatondeballi, Mahalingana balli
Hindi	Bajaguriya
Malayalam	NA
Tamil	Ivirali
Telugu	Lingadonda
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Lingini
English	Native bryony, Lollypop climber

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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

Nutritional components

Diplocyclos palmatus Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A, B1, B2, B6 and C; Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc^[2].

Habit

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Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Broadly ovate

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Male flowers	Small	White yellowish	Male flowers in stalkless clusters of 2-8 along with 5 female flowers in the same axil. Flowering from August to March	{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Solitory	2-5cm in size	Ovoid round			Red with longitudinal white stripe. Fruiting from August to March

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

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Cultivation Details

Diplocyclos palmatus is available through August-January^[2].

Commonly seen growing in areas

Flood-plains, Seasonal swamp grasslands, Valley, Ground-water forests, Found in different types of Vegetation.

Photo Gaery

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1144, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.70, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
↑ A PHYTOPHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW - International Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Chemistry - March 2013
↑ Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 170

External Links

[Karnataka_Medicinal_Plants-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1144, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru

[Forest_foods_of_Western_Ghat-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.70, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune

[chemical_composition-3] A PHYTOPHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEW - International Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Chemistry - March 2013

[Leaf-4] Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 170

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