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Helicteres isora - Avartani

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Avartani, Helicteres isora

Avartani is a shrub or small tree that can reach a height of up to 8 metres, but is more likely to be 4 metres or less in height. Gathered from the wild and used locally as a medicine, the plant has also been experimentally cultivated as a fibre plant in India.

Uses

Diarrhea, Dysentery, Intestinal parasites [1]

Parts Used

Bark, Root, Fruit

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada aavarthini, edamuri, bhootakaralu, yedamuri
Hindi marodphali, marorphali
Malayalam ishvaramuli, itampirivalampiri, valampiri
Tamil edampuri, pirimurukku, valampurikai
Telugu aadasamanthi, adivichamanthi, peddasamanthi, shyaamali
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit avartani, mrgasrngi,
English Indian screw tree

[2]

Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Kashaya (Astringent)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Karma

Pitta, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub or small tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple alternate 5-12 x 3-8 cm, obovate to suborbicular, apex acute or acuminate, base cordate, margin irregularly crenate- serrate; 3-5-nerved at the base, scabrous above and stellately tomentose below; petioles to 1.2 cm long.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual axillary, solitary or in few-flowered cymes Red 10 bracts 2-3 mm long, linear, 2 brown glands present in the axil of bracts; pedicel to 6 mm long. Calyx slightly yellow, persistent, tubular, splitting in to 5 irregular lobes; tube 1.5-2 cm long , densely stellate hairy without. Petals 5, unequal, 2-2.5 cm long, obovate, clawed, crimson, fading to pale blue. Staminal column 3-3.5 cm long, cylindric; stamens 10 ; staminodes 5. Ovary 2-2.5 mm long, placed at tip of gynophore, 5-lobed, 5-celled; ovules many; style 5; stigma subulate.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Follicles 4-6 cm long spirally twisted, stellate-tomentose, beaked seeds 2-3 mm long, angular, black, wrinkled. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

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References

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