Triumfetta rhomboidea / Epala

Botanical name: Triumfetta rhomboidea 

Family: TILACEAE
Names in different languages:
     Sinhala: Epala
     English : Burr Bush, Chinese burr
     Tamil : கபோதம் kapotam, கேடகம் ketakam, ஒட்டுப்புழு ottu-p-pulu, புறாமுட்டி
     Sanskrit: Sanskrit: झिञ्झिरीता jhinjhirita 

Range: Origin uncertain, probably tropical America, but it has now become widely naturalised as a weed
through the Tropics.
Status:Native
Edible parts:None
Ayurvedicusage:
       Treatment for : Stomach ailment, Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Naso pharyngeal iafection. (Institute of ayurveda.org)
Parts use to make medicine:Seeds, Leaves
Propagation: Seeds