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.
ഇടമ്പിരി വലമ്പിരിയെ കുറിച്ച് മലയാളത്തിൽ അറിയുവാൻ
http://manu33nair.blogspot.in/2014/11/blog-post_25.html
സന്ദർശിക്കുക.
