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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|latexLatex}}.

{{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=Holostemma|gu=Khaner, Khiran }} ==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|Triangle|leafLeaf's Margin is Entire and Venation-Cross venulated. leaves 7-15 cm length and 5-10 cm breadth, top of the leaf is smooth and bottom part is hairy}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|peduncled Peduncled cymes|10–15 cm long|Yellow-white||peduncles Peduncles 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||||Fruiting season is April-September}}

{{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">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229953 "kewscience"Diagnostic]</ref><ref name="UsesCultivation details">[httpshttp://wwwvikaspedia.webmd.comin/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/vitaminsmedicinal-supplementsand-aromatic-plants/ingredientmonoholostemma-662ada-turmeric.aspx?activeingredientid=662&activeingredientname=turmeric "web md"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>