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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==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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]]
'''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==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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]]
