Adenocalymna alliaceum Medicinal uses, Morphology, Images,Side effects, Pharmacology


Botanical Name: Adenocalymna alliaceum

Family: bignoniaceae

 

 Introduction:

                This plant have smell of garlic, if you crushed the leaves of this plant you can feel that clearly. It is traditionally believed that snake will not came near to this plant, but my friends told that that is not true he saw snake around this plant.

 

Names in different Indian languages

 

English

Garlic plant

Hindi

 

Kannada

 

Malayalam

Velluthuli chedi

Sanskrit

 

Tamil

 

Telugu

 

Unani

 

Folk

 

 

 

 

 

Synonyms

 

 

Classification according to Charaka, Susrutha & Vagbhata

 

Charaka

 

Susrutha

 

Vagbhata

 

 

          
        

  

 

Varieties & adulterants - (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants) 

 

 

 


Morphology

Climbing shrub, leaves are lanceolate, pointed, opposite

Flowers are rose

 


Distribution & Habitat

Grows in kerala,tamilnadu and kerala. But this plant is native of tropical America.

 

 

 Indication:

Stomachache 


Part used: leaves

 


Dosage:  


Important Yogas  or  Formations:

 

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