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Arkapushpi is a genus of Flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae. The genus was first described in 1810. As presently constituted==Uses=={{Uses|Pregnancy care}}, the genus contains only one known species{{Uses|Eye care}}, Holostemma ada-kodien{{Uses|Skin diseases}}, native to southern Asia (China{{Uses|Ulcers}}, Nepal{{Uses|Wounds}}, Pakistan{{Uses|Gonorrhoea}}, Kashmir{{Uses|Diarrhea}}, India{{Uses|Cough}}, Sri Lanka{{Uses|Loss of appetite}}, Myanmar{{Uses|Stomachache}}, Thailand){{Uses|Ulcers}}.

==Uses=Food==={{Uses|Pregnancy care}}, {{Uses|Eye care}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|ulcers}}, {{Uses|wounds}}, {{Uses|gonorrhoea}}, {{Uses|diarrhea}}, {{Uses|coughs}}, {{Uses|loss Arkapushpi can be used in Food. Fleshy flower buds and tender fruits are cooked as vegetable. Buds sometimes eaten raw.<ref name="Forest foods of appetite}}, {{Uses|stomach-ache}}, {{Uses|heal ulcers}}.Western Ghat"/>

{{Parts Used|Rhizome}}, {{Parts Used|OilLatex}}.

{{Common names|kn=ಅರಣೆ ಬೀಳು Arane beelu, ಜೀವ ಹಾಲೆ Jeevahaale|ml=Ada kodien|sa= Jivanti, Arkapushpi|ta=Palay kirai,|te=Palagurugu|hi=Chhirvel, Arkapushpi|en=wild turmericHolostemma|gu=Khaner, aromatic turmericKhiran }} ==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=== ===Nutritional components===Arkapushpi Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; β-carotene; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>

{{Leaf|Large|OblongTriangle|Up to 1 m long, dark green on upper surface, pale green beneathLeaf's Margin is Entire and Venation-Cross venulated. Each leafy shoot (pseudostem) bearing 8–12 leaves7-15 cm length and 5-10 cm breadth, top of the leaf is smooth and bottom part is hairy}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|UnisexualPeduncled cymes|10–15 cm long|Yellow-white||Flowers are sterile and do not produce viable seedPeduncles shorter than the petiole, stout; pedicels 1.5 cm long; calyx lobes ovate, 4 mm long; corolla 2.5 cm across, campanulate, pale purple, lobes 8 x 6 mm, ovate, obtuse. Flowering season is April-September}}

{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled||Small, ovoid, brown. Not viable||Fruiting season is April-September}}

 Turmeric is a low-growing tropical herbaceous The plant can be propagated through seeds. Matured seeds are collected from the plantduring December–January before they disperse. Seeds are cleaned, dried, which forms many long thin rhizomesand stored for sowing<ref name="How Cultivation details"/>. Arkapushpi is available through June to plant/cultivateOctober<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.

{{Commonly seen|Scrub jungles}}, {{Commonly seen|deciduous Deciduous forests}}, {{Commonly seen|plainsPlain area}}

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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.medicinalplantsindia.com/jivanti.html "medicinal plants"Chemical contents]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[httphttps://powo.science.kewindiabiodiversity.org/taxonspecies/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:796451-1 "kewscience"show/229953 Diagnostic]</ref><ref name="UsesCultivation details">[httpshttp://wwwvikaspedia.webmd.comin/agriculture/crop-production/vitaminspackage-of-supplementspractices/ingredientmonomedicinal-662and-turmeric.aspx?activeingredientid=662&activeingredientname=turmeric "web md"aromatic-plants/holostemma-ada-kodien Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivateForest foods of Western Ghat">[http://powo"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N.scienceDatar and Dr.kewAnuradha S.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipniUpadhye, Page No.org:names:796451-1 "kewscience"]93, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>