Malayalam: Anaparuva-ആനപ്പരുവ, Parivallyപരിവള്ളി, Paruvalപരുവൽ, Paruvakkodyപരുവക്കൊടി
Tamil: Anaparuga
Climbing Aroid is commonly found on tree trunks, rocks, and walls, and in moist and wet forest areas at 2100 feet altitude, it is a climbing shrub having adventitious aerial roots, its leaves are alternatively arranged, elliptic, leathery, bright green colored, tip of leaves are long-pointed, size of leaves are 2.5 to 7.5 cm long and 0.6 to 1.6 cm wide. The fruits (berries) of the plant are 1.3-1.7 cm long, and scarlet when they are ripe.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Lanceolate | Margin-Entire | Venation-Longitudinal |
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Useful plant parts:
Whole plants.
Medicinal uses:
The roots and leaves of plants are used for epilepsy and asthma, and to reduce swelling, snake bites, Rheumatic fever, chronic malarial fever, and smallpox.
Chemical contents:
Glycosides, flavonoids, alkaloids, and phenolic compounds
Medicinal properties:
Antioxidant and antipyretic
(Learn more-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22078952)
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