Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Artabotrys hexapetalus
Genus: Artabotrys
Botanical name: Artabotrys hexapetalus
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Hara champa, Harachampaka, Madanah
Hindi: Hari champa, Madanmast, Manorangini
English: Climbing lang-lang, Ylang Ylang Vine
Malayalam: Manoranjini, madanakameswari, manoranjitam
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Climbing lang-lang is a shrub found in India and its flowers are renowned for its exotic fragrance. The yellow colored flowers of this plant are very fragrant. The flowers are greenish in the beginning and turn yellow with age and the flowers are long lasting with fruity pleasant smell. The common names include Ylang Ylang Vine, Climbing lang-lang, Tail grape and Ilang-ilang. When young it is a shrub which turns into a climber once attains the height of about 2 meters.
The fruit and bark of Climbing lang-lang is used to treat fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, bruises, cuts, pains, sprain, inflammation, gout, helminthiasis, leprosy, skin disease, wounds, ulcers, tumours, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, cough, asthma, bronchitis, flatulence, colic and constipation.