Secamone emetica - Emetic Secamone
❀ Binomial Name : Secamone emetica (Retz.) R. Br.
❀ Synonym : Periploca emetica,
❀ Family : Apocynacaeae
❀ Common Name : Emetic Secamone
❀ Tamil Name : Aangaaravalli
❀ IUCN status: Not Evaluated
Secamone emetica Botanical Description
Scandent subshrubs. Leaves 4-5.5 x 1.5 cm, linear-elliptic, apex acute, base decurrent, margins recurved, pubescent beneath, lateral nerves indistinct, subsessile. Cymes axillary, trichotomously branched; peduncles 0.5 cm; calyx lobes 0.5 mm, ovate, ciliate; corolla lobes twisted either to the left or right, 2 x 1 mm, oblong, ovate or acute at apex; corona staminal, of 5 scales; ovary 0.7 mm. Follicles paired, 7.5 x 0.8 cm, blunt at base and tapering at apex. Fl. &Fr.: May-November
Secamone emetica Medicinal uses
❏ The fibre from the stem is used for the construction of houses.
❏ Leaf juice is mixed with milk and taken orally for 15 days to cure nervous disorders
❏ The roots and leaves are also used to cure diseases like leucorrhoea, fever, dysentery and headache.
