Wel penala

 

 

 

Crop Group

Leafy Vegetables

Scientific Name

Cardiosprmum halicacabum

Famiy Name

Sapindaceae

Plant Code

071400

Name in English

Wel Penala

Name in Sinhala

Wel Penala

 

 

 

 

The root is diuretic and demulcent. It is mucilaginous, but has a nauseous taste, and is used to treat rheumatism. (Treasury of Botany.) Sanskrit writers mention this plant under the name of Jyautishmati, and describe the root as emetic, laxative, stomachic, and rubefacient; they prescribe it in rheumatism, nervous diseases, piles, etc. The leaves are used in amenorrhoea.

 

 

 

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