Rudravanti

Cressa cretica -Rudravanti

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Cressa cretica -Rudravanti

Common name: Rudravanti, Littoral bind weed Hindi: rudravanti Marathi: lona, rudravanti Tamil: uppucanaka Malayalam: azhukanni

Telugu: uppugaddi, uppusenaga Kannada: z Vq mullumaddugida Konkani: chaval Urdu: Rudanti Gujarati: Una Sanskrit: rudravanti, Palitaka Botanical name: Cressa cretica Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family) this plant is not mentioning under ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India.

Rudravanti is a shrubby, diffuse herb, a few cm to 30 cm high, arising from a woody perennial root-stock. It is commonly found in India along sandy sea shores. Numerous stalkless leaves are very small, ovate, acute tipped, hairy or ashy-velvety. Flowers are small, white or pink, nearly stalkless in upper leaf axils, forming a many-flowered head. Sepals are 5, flower is funnel-shaped, and stamens protrude out of the flower. It is commonly in cultivated fields about Mumbai. Flowering: December-February.

Medicinal ues: According to Ayurved, it is bitter, pungent, rough and hot in properties. The whole plant is used for medicinal purposes. It is useful herb for asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, anorexia, anemia, diabetes and skin disease.

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