- Botanical name: Holostemma ada-kodien
- Family : Asclepiadaceae
- Tamil : Palaikodi
- Hindi : Arkapushpi/ Chirvel
- Malayalam : Atakkoti
- English :Holostemma
- Habit : Perennial, extensive twining shrub or climber with simple, opposite, ovate to heart-shaped leaves that are smooth above. It bears green, thick, and cylindrical follicles as fruit, which contain numerous seeds.
- Distribution : It is found in China, Nepal, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sri lanka and Myanmar.
- Useful part : Whole plant
- Rasa Panchaka
- Rasa : Tikta,Kashaya
- Guna : Laghu,Ruksha,Sara
- Veerya : Ushna
- Vipaka : Katu
- Karma : Vata kapha shamaka, Rasayana,Cakshushya,Balya,Stanya janana
- Indications : Kushta, Shwasa, Kasa, Pandu.
- Dose : Tuber powder- 10-20 g
- Formulations : Jeevanthyadi ghritam, Balaarishtam, Arkapushpa Taila
WHOLE PLANT

LEAF & FLOWER

FRUIT

ROOT

