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Friday, July 31, 2015

Yak kapu/Abroma augustum














Botanical name:-Abroma augustum
Family name:-STERCULICEAE

English name:-: Devil's Cotton, Perennial Indian Hemp

Tamil nameS:-Sivapputtuti

Sanskirt name :-Pishaacha Kaarpaasa, Pivari
Status:-Native 
Edibal parts:-None
Distribution:- E. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines to Micronesia.

Ayurvedic usage:-
Urinary track diseases, Dermatitis,Dysmenorrhoea, Dysentry
Parts used to make medicine:-Root bark
Propagation:-Seeds