Gajapippali

Scientific name of Gajapippali: Scindapsus officinalis

Name of Gajapippali in different languages:-

Sanskrit: Hastitippali

Hindi: Gajapippal, Baripippli

English: Gajapippaly

Malayalam: Attitippali-അട്ടിതിപ്പലി, Aanatippali-ആനതിപ്പലി, Gajatippali-ഗജതിപ്പലി 

Plant description:

Gajapippali or Aanatippali is large climber vine; grow up to 25 feet long. Stems are thick branches are wrinkled. Leaves are big, and size of 12.5 to 25 cm and 6 to 15 cm broad, ovate, acuminate and dark green. The fruits are berries, elongated, greenish yellow, few and fleshy. Seeds are ovate.

Useful plant parts:

Fruit, Shoots, Roots and Leaves.

Medicinal uses: 

To treat asthma, dysentery, throat problems, rheumatism.

Chemical content:

Alkaloid,sterol, glucosidic, cyclopropenoid fatty acids and tetracosadienoic fatty acid 

Medicinal  Properties:

Anthelmintic, appetizer, aphrodisiac, pungent.

Gajapippali is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurvedic medicines like:-

Kumaryasavam

Devdarvadi Kashaya

Prasarani Kuzhambu

Bahushala

Gudapippali

Madana Kameswari Lehyam

Mathala Rasayanam

Shiva Gutika

Kubja Prasarini

 

Sciemtific study:

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326889/