Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Adambuvalli അടമ്പുവള്ളി
Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
Genus: Ipomoea
Botanical name: Ipomoea pes-caprae
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Maryadavalli, Sagaramekhala
Hindi: Dopatilata
English: Goat’s foot creeper, Railroad vine, Beach Morning Glory, Goat’s Foot
Malayalam: Adambuvalli, Adamb
Genus: Ipomoea
Botanical name: Ipomoea pes-caprae
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Maryadavalli, Sagaramekhala
Hindi: Dopatilata
English: Goat’s foot creeper, Railroad vine, Beach Morning Glory, Goat’s Foot
Malayalam: Adambuvalli, Adamb
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Adambuvalli is a creeper with a thick brown bark, and numerous long and prostrate branches with a smooth and hairless body surface. The leaves are 3.8-5.7 cm. long and bilobed. The funnel-shaped,rose-purple flowers are large and usually solitary,growing on upright stalks.The capsules are 1.3-1.6 cm.
The whole plant of Adambuvalli is used for inflammation, Oedema, skin disease, boils, Piles, wound ulcers and gastrointestinal disorders.