EAST INDIAN SCREW TREE ( Idampiri valampiri)

Malayalam:  IDAMPIRI  VALAMPIRI

Botanic name:Helicteres isora

Family: Sterculaceae

Common names:

English:

East Indian Screw tree

Hindi:

Maror phal

Sanskrit:

Avartani, Mriga sringa

Tamil:

Valampuri

Deciduous shrubs or small trees, up to 3 m tall, with pale greyish  bark.

Leaves 5-12 x 3-8 cm ovate in shape.

Flowers  pink-red, axillary, solitary or in few-flowered cymes.

 Petals 5, unequal.

Fruits of five spirally twisted hairy follicles,black on maturity.

Seeds 2-3 mm long, angular, black, wrinkled.

Its bark is a good source of fibre.

Medicinal properties:

Fruits, root  and bark constitute the drug.

In folk medicine it is used for treating dysentery, diarrhoea and diabetes.

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