Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Cosmostigma racemosum
Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
Genus: Cosmostigma
Botanical name: Cosmostigma racemosum Asclepias racemosa
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi:
English: Green Milkweed Creeper
Malayalam: Karivapilakurunji, Vattu valli
Genus: Cosmostigma
Botanical name: Cosmostigma racemosum Asclepias racemosa
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi:
English: Green Milkweed Creeper
Malayalam: Karivapilakurunji, Vattu valli
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Karivapilakurunji is a twining shrub with watery sap. Stem are hollow within, sparsely hairy when young. Oppositely arranged leaves 7.5-11 x 3.5-5 cm, are broadly ovate, sharp tipped, with a rounded or heart-shaped base. Leaf stalks are 1.5-3 cm long. Small greenish flowers occur incorymb-like or raceme-like; peduncle 1.5-2.5 cm long. Sepals are 1.5 mm long, 5 in number. Flowers flat, wheel-like, 8-10 mm across, with 5 petals and very short tube. Petals are 4 mm long, ovate, yellowish-green with reddish-brown speckles. Stamens 5; filaments united; anthers 2-celled; Carpels 2, free ; style short, apex 5-angled. Flowering: July.
The leaves juice for the treatment of neck inflammation of bullocks.