Leptadenia_Reticulata

Leptadenia Reticulata, --, Jivanti, Dodi

Botanical Name : Leptadenia Reticulata

English Name : —

Hindi Name : Jivanti, Dodi

Sanskrit Name : Jivanti, Jivantika

Description

Leptadenia Reticulata, Jivanti, Dodi is found in many pars of India, like Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh. and also in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Madagascar,

This herb is a member of Asclepiadaceae plant family. Synonym – Cynanchum reticulatum

This is a twiner found on the hedges. The leaves are small, coriaceous, ovate accute and base rounded. The flowering season is June to August. The flowers are small, greenish yellow in colour, in umbillate cymes. Calyx 5 lobed. Follicles are smooth, turgid, tapering to a short curved beak. The seeds are comose. The roots are white or buff coloured.

Usage

The whole plant is used, The plant is restorative, and general tonic. The plant contains a triterpenoid, leptadenol (C30H50O).

Obtained Chemical Compounds

Fatty acids are obtained from this plant.

Gujarati: Dodi, Radarudi

Marathi: Hiranvel

Bengali: Bhadjivai

Kannada: hiriyahalle

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