Wax Leaved Climber

Scientific name of Wax Leaved Climber: Cryptolepis dubia
Name of Wax Leaved Climber in different languages:-
English: Indian milk vine
Sanskrit: कृष्णसारिव krishnasariva
Hindi: Kaleesar, Kalee Anantmool
Malayalam: Adavippala-അടവിപ്പാല, കളിപ്പാൽവള്ളി, കാട്ടുപാൽവള്ളി, ചെറുപാൽവള്ളി, പാൽവള്ളി
Plant description:
Indian sarsaparilla is a tropical climber vine with flat waxy smooth leaves and a thin stem with lot of latex in both leaf and stem. Flower is small and white in color, seeds contain in pouch like bean with the shape of chilly, with cotton wings to travel in the wind to spread.
Useful plant parts:
Root.
Chemical contents:
Germanicol docosanoate, cryptanoside, cardenolide, cryptosin.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Lance Shaped | Margin-Entire | Venation-Reticulate |
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Medicinal uses:
Anti fungal, Anti bacterial, Anti venom.
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