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Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton

                  Apocynaceae Juss.

Malayalam Name(s): Palvalli, Parvalli

 English name(s): Black creeper

 Habit: Climber

 Flowering & Fruiting: August-March

 

Medicinal uses

1. Roots are used as a substitute for Hemidesmus indicus.

2. The whole plant is used as medicine in cough, atrophy, dysentery, bleeding gums, relieves pain due to insect bites, etc,

3. Used as a medicine to treat tumor.

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