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Cassytha filiformis - Akashavalli

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'''Akashavalli''is leafless parasitic climbing twiner, that can be seen growing in South India in very dry gravelly localities.

==Uses==
{{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Hair tonic}}, {{Uses|Dairrhea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Stem}}

==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn= aakasha balli, janivaara balli, |ml=manjadiacatsjavalli, aiyapala, akashavalli|sa=Akashavalli, Amrtavalli, khavalli|ta=amaravalli, ammaiyarkoonthal, |te=ntharavallithige, nooluthige, nulutega, paachithige, seethammaavaari jadaalu, seethammapogunoolu,|hi=Amarbeli|en=Love vine}}
<ref name="Common names"/>

==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==
{{Habit|Climber}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf||| }}

===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual| Spikes terminal or axillary; peduncle 2-4.5 cm; bracteoles 3, ovate, 1.2 mm, ciliate. Flowers sub sessile, in spikes, 3-merous, bisexual, 3 mm across. Tepals 6, free, unequal, 3+3, truncate, obtuse; outer lobes ovate-orbicular, 1.2 mm, ciliate; inner lobes obovate, 2.5 mm. Fertile stamens 9; filaments 1.5 mm; glands sessile; anthers 2-celled, 1.5 mm; staminodes 3, to 1 mm. Ovary 1.5 mm; style 0.5mm; stigma capitate.}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe||Drupe globose, enclosed within inflated perianth, crowned by lobes; seed 1.||}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==


==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
==How to plant/cultivate==


===Season to grow===

===Soil type===


===Propagation===

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.

==Photo Gallery==
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File:Starr 010520-0081 Cassytha filiformis.jpg
File:Starr 070321-5935 Cassytha filiformis.jpg
File:Dodder laurel flowers 2.jpg
File:Starr 010520-0082 Cassytha filiformis.jpg

</gallery>

==References==

<references>
<ref name="Uses">http://www.ayurvedavignan.com/2011/08/adenanthera-pavonina.html "Uses"]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>


</references>

==External Links==
* http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cassytha+filiformis
http://www.imedpub.com/articles/pharmacological-activities-of-cassytha-filiformis-a-review.pdf


[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Deccan]]
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