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[[File:Cassytha filiformis flower.jpg|thumb|right|''Akashavalli'', ''Cassytha filiformmis'']]
'''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 problems}}, {{Uses|Dairrhea}}
==Chemical Composition==
The plant contains aporphine alkaloids. <ref name="Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
===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.}}
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===Fruit===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
