सुषवी - Calycopteris floribunda

सुषवी - Calycopteris floribunda

नलः पोटगलः शून्यमध्यश्च धमनस्तथा ।

नलस्तु मधुरस्तिक्तः कषायः कफरक्तजित् ॥ 

उष्णो हृद्बस्तियोन्यर्त्तिदाहपित्तविसर्पहृत् ॥ 

 ( भा प्र )

राजवल्ल्युरुवल्ल्यम्बुवल्ली रञ्जनवल्ल्यपि 

सुषवीति तोयवल्ली पार्वत्या कथ्यते रजतवल्ली

अबला च राजवल्ली बृहल्लता सा बृहद्वल्ली 

कृमिपित्तहरा तिक्ता भेदिनी कफनाशिनि 

पाण्डुकुष्ठविकारघ्नी कारवल्ली ज्वरापहा.

नड,धमन,पोटगल , सुषवी , उक्षी

तोयवल्ली ,शून्यमध्य , रजतवल्ली ,

अम्बुवल्ली , कारवल्ली ।

Calycopteris floribunda

Getonia floribunda   

Family: Combretaceae 

Paper Flower Climber 

  

Malayalam: പുല്ലാനി pullani, 

പുല്ലാഞ്ഞി pullanji 

Hindi: कोकोरे 

Kannada: ಮರಸುತ್ತುಬಳ್ಳಿ 

Marasuttu balli 

Tamil: புல்லாந்தி வல்லி

 pullanti valli

Telugu: మురుగుడుతీగె

 murugudutige 

Konkani: उस्की uski

Useful part : Leaves, roots

Properties:-

Rasa : Kashaya, Madhura, Tikta 

Guna : Snigdha

Virya : Ushna

Vipaka : Madhura

Indicates :-

कफनाशिनि

रक्तपित्तजित् 

वस्तिरोग

योनिरोग

दाह,

पित्त,

विसर्पहृत्

कृमि

पित्तहरा 

भेदिनी 

पाण्डु,

कुष्ठविकारघ्नी 

ज्वरहरा

Branches of the plant store abundance of water. 

The synonyms like तोयवल्ली, वारिवल्ली etc may also refers to the water storage capacity of this plant.

The stem is cut to get drinking water & is often used by people in the forest to quench their thirst.

So the plant is revered as a life-saver by the forest dwellers.

The leaves are bitter, astringent, laxative, anthelmintic, depurative, diaphoretic and febrifuge. They are useful in intestinal worms, colic, leprosy, malarial fever, dysentery, ulcers and vomiting.

Its flower (Jatayan poovu ജടയൻപൂവ്) is also used to make the image of Kamadeva for the Pooram festival in the month of Meenam in Kannur and Kasaragod districts .