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Soondi kodi PRODUCT NAME

Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawler = Convolvulus obscures Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Soondi kodi
Local Name: Soondi kodi (Irula + Kurumba); Tamil-Siruthaali.
Family: Convolvulaceae
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Product Description: A slender twiner Flower: Solitary or in sub umbellate cymes, yellow Fruit: A capsule, sub globose, apically beaked. Seeds many thinly pubescent.
NTFP Classification: Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics

DISTRIBUTION

Countries Found: India
Description: Plains less on the hills 140m in arable lands. Tropic

USES AND PARTS USED

Parts Used: leaves, leaflets
Uses: Leaf mixed with bark of Thadasu (Grewia tiliifolia) tree and given to women during to case delivery.
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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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