Anattippali ആനതിപ്പലി

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Aanatippali is large epiphytic climber, up to 25 cm long. Stems are thick as the little finger and branches are wrinkled when dry. Leaves are 12.5-25.0 x 6.0-15.0 cm, ovate or orbicular, caudate acuminate and dark green with rounded or slightly cordate base. Peduncles are solitary and terminal. Spathe is 10-15 cm long, subcylindrical and spadix is elongated in fruits and greenish yellow. Berries, its fruits are few and fleshy. Seeds are ovate-cordate. Flowering and fruiting is almost throughout the year.
In ayurveda its fruits are descrided as anthelmintic, appetizer, aphrodisiac, galactagogue and pungent, these are used in asthma, dysentery and problems of throat.