Cayratia pedata- suvaha

[sheji ramkumar]

Region- nilambur, malappuram dt, kerala state

 

Habitat - wild

 

Habit - week climbing shrub

 

Regional name

 

Sanskrit - ghota/ suvaha

 

Malayalam- Amarccakkoti / cori valli/ velutha sori valli

 

Kannada - Kaamapatige balli/ kaama pathige balli

 

Tamil - siru valli kodi / kattuperandai/ kattup pirantai/ pannikkodi/ tiripatakam

 

Telugu - gummaditige/ edakula mandulamari/ gummadi tiga

 

Botanical name - Cayratia pedata

 

Family - Vitaceae

 

this is a critically endangered species, endamic to southern western ghats in Kerala& Tamilnadu.

 

leaves - aulternate,pedately 5-7 foliate, margine toothed, with bifercated tendrils

 

flower - greenish yellow, in axillary corymbs

 

fruit - berries,globose, smooth, cremy white

 

useful part - whole plant.

 

uses- in cough, skin diseases,bronchitis,joint pain,& checks uterine reflexes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman]

Thanks for the post Sheji ji... a new drug to me... havent heard about this before... i wonder that this drug is being used in Ayurveda.... even the sanskrit name ghota is new to me... but the term SUVAHA again confuses me... Charakokta mahakashaya mentions Suvaha in it...(Bhedaniya Mahakashaya). Am not sure whether the same synonym exists for any other drug other than Trivrut. Pls clarify...

Interesting to know that this plant is Endemic to W.ghats and Critically Endangered...It needs to be conserved...
--
Dr. Hari Venkatesh. K. Rajaraman
                          M.D. (Ay).P.G.D.H.M.
Lecturer/ Scientist Incharge - Animal House,
ALN Rao Memorial Ayurvedic Medical College, Koppa, Chikmagalur Dist. Karnataka
Mob: 09590574495

[sheji]

yes hari, even a new drug for me too.. Tanay and friends helped in
identification,many thanks to them. this is just one compilation from
many sites, all together we wili find further ayurveda refferences.


sheji

On Jun 26, 11:04 pm, "Dr. Hari Venkatesh.K.Rajaraman"

<ayurharivenkat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the post Sheji ji... a new drug to me... havent heard about this
> before... i wonder that this drug is being used in Ayurveda.... even the
> sanskrit name ghota is new to me... but the term SUVAHA again confuses me...
> Charakokta mahakashaya mentions Suvaha in it...(Bhedaniya Mahakashaya). Am
> not sure whether the same synonym exists for any other drug other than
> Trivrut. Pls clarify...
>

> Interesting to know that this plant is Endemic to W.ghats and *Critically
> Endangered*...It needs to be conserved...