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, branches extensive, hanging from forest tree, the leaves are Simple, Elliptic, margin entire, leaf Bases Obtuse, apices acute. The flower occurs in the terminal or axillary panicles, fragrant, yellow. Flowering from December to March and July to November. The fruit a samara, with 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 |
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Medicinal uses:
To treat blood and heart related diseases, cough, rheumatism, wounds, micosal, irritation, nausea and vomiting
Medicinal properties:
Antibacterial, teratogenic, hypotensive
Chemical contents:
Dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone, ventiloquinone, stigmasterol, islandicin, parietin, emodin, catenarin, skyrin
it used as an ingredient in the preparation of the Ayurveda medicines like:
Learn more:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np000569d
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