English: Climbing flax
Sanscrit: Kamsamara, Kamsamarah
Malayalam: Karkotti- കാർക്കോട്ടി Kartotti, Motirakkanni-മോതിരക്കണ്ണി
Tamil: Motirakkanni
Climbing flax is a climbing shrub. Leaves alternately arranged, tapering at base, obtuse at apex, sized to 3 to 8 cm long and 1 to 3.5 cm broad, petioles 4 mm long and hairy, with branches yellow, horizontal with leaflets towards base. Flowering is April to July and fruiting is August to October. Seeds are globe-shaped drupe and orange to red in color when ripe.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Oblong, Elliptic | Margin-Entire | Venation-Reticulated |
Useful plant parts:
Whole plant, seeds, root
Medicinal uses:
Useful in fever, verminosis, and vitiated conditions of Vata, inflammations and viper bite.
Medicinal properties:
Astringent, anthelmintic, bitter, febrifuge and sweet
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