Red Creeper

Scientific name of Red Creeper: Ventilago maderaspatana

Name of Red Creeper in different languages:-

English: Red Creeper

Sanskrit: रक्तवल्ली Raktavalli, दिनेसवल्ली Dinesavalli

Hindi: पित्ती Pitti, केंवटी कालीबेल Kenwti kalibel

Tamil: Surulbattaikkoti, Vempadam Tam

Malayalam: Vempata, Marappattikody

Plant description:

It is a large evergreen climber or climbing shrub, found throughout the hotter regions of India, The branches are extensive, hang from forest trees, the leaves are Simple and elliptic, the margin is entire, the leaf Bases Obtuse, and the apices are acute. The flower occurs in the terminal or axillary panicles, fragrant, and yellow. Flowering from December to March and July to November. The fruit is a samara, with a globose nut, wings oblong, obtuse, single Seed 1, globose, fruiting throughout the year.

Useful plant parts:

Seed, Rhizomes, roots

Leaf Arrangement

 

Shape-Elliptic Margin-Entire Venation-Reticulated
 longitudinal  Margin_Entire  Recticulate

 

Medicinal uses:

To treat blood and heart-related diseases, cough, rheumatism, wounds, mucosal, irritation, nausea, and vomiting

Medicinal properties:

Antibacterial, teratogenic, hypotensive

Chemical contents:

Dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone, ventiloquinone, stigmasterol, islandicin, parietin, emodin, catenarin, skyrin.

Ayurveda uses of Red Creeper

It is used as an ingredient in the preparation of Ayurveda medicines like:

Dineseladi Velichenna

Dineseladi Keram

Learn more:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np000569d

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