Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Alpam അൽപ്പം
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Botanical name: Apama siliquosa Lamk, Thottea siliquosa Lamk
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English:
Malayalam: Alpam, Kodassari, Tapasimuringa, Karalvegam
Sanskrit: Kodassari, Alpam
Hindi: Chakrani
Botanical name: Apama siliquosa Lamk, Thottea siliquosa Lamk
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English:
Malayalam: Alpam, Kodassari, Tapasimuringa, Karalvegam
Sanskrit: Kodassari, Alpam
Hindi: Chakrani
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
A shrub found in evergreen forests of Western Ghats from Konkan to Kerala. An erect medicinal plant with smooth yellowish grey bark, Alternate, aromatic leaves, purple or greenish flowers in clusters. The roots are used as medicine in the treatment of many diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, ulcers. The whole plant of Alpam is used for snake treatment.