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'''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==
{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Intestinal parasites}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=aavarthini, edamuri, bhootakaralu, yedamuri|ml=ishvaramuli, itampirivalampiri, valampiri|sa=avartani, mrgasrngi, |ta=edampuri, pirimurukku, valampurikai|te=aadasamanthi, adivichamanthi, peddasamanthi, shyaamali|hi=marodphali, marorphali|en=Indian screw tree}}
<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===
Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub or small tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|Follicles|4-6 cm long|spirally twisted, stellate-tomentose, beaked||seeds 2-3 mm long, angular, black, wrinkled.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==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:(Helicteres isora) East Indian screw tree seed at Kambalakonda 05.JPG
File:East Indian screw tree (Helicteres isora) foliage at Kambalakonda 09.JPG
File:Helicteres isora (East Indian screw tree) W IMG 1245.jpg
File:Helicteres isora 30.JPG
File:Helictrus isora 05.JPG
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/03/helicteres-isora-avartani-uses-dose-research-side-effects/ "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==
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025269/
* https://www.google.com/search?q=helicteres+isora+uses&oq=helicteres+isora+uses&aqs=chrome..69i57.9362j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
'''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==
{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Intestinal parasites}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Fruit}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=aavarthini, edamuri, bhootakaralu, yedamuri|ml=ishvaramuli, itampirivalampiri, valampiri|sa=avartani, mrgasrngi, |ta=edampuri, pirimurukku, valampurikai|te=aadasamanthi, adivichamanthi, peddasamanthi, shyaamali|hi=marodphali, marorphali|en=Indian screw tree}}
<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===
Kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (cold)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub or small tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|Follicles|4-6 cm long|spirally twisted, stellate-tomentose, beaked||seeds 2-3 mm long, angular, black, wrinkled.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==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:(Helicteres isora) East Indian screw tree seed at Kambalakonda 05.JPG
File:East Indian screw tree (Helicteres isora) foliage at Kambalakonda 09.JPG
File:Helicteres isora (East Indian screw tree) W IMG 1245.jpg
File:Helicteres isora 30.JPG
File:Helictrus isora 05.JPG
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/06/03/helicteres-isora-avartani-uses-dose-research-side-effects/ "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==
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025269/
* https://www.google.com/search?q=helicteres+isora+uses&oq=helicteres+isora+uses&aqs=chrome..69i57.9362j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Shrub]]
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