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

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.