Scientific classification of Podophyllum | padwal
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: ranunculales
Family: berberidaceae
Genus: podophyllum
Species: p. Hexandrum
Common Name:-banbaigan,papri,venivel,padwal
Nature:- it’s a erect herb with a creeping rootstock.
Flowers:-flower bearing branch is erect, leafy at the top: leaves two with 15-25 cm diameter, deeply divided in 3-5 lobes. Flowers 2.5 -5 cm diameter, white or pinkish, with cup shaped, usually solitary.
Fruits:-fruit ovoid, 2.5 -5 cm scarlet.
Medicinal uses:-the dried rhizomes of the plants are used in medicine .
The rhizomes contains a resin podophyllin. It is purgative: its action is slow but severe and a large doses can cause acute irritation and griping..
Kingdom: plantae
Division: magnoliophyta
Class: magnoliopsida
Order: ranunculales
Family: berberidaceae
Genus: podophyllum
Species: p. Hexandrum
Common Name:-banbaigan,papri,venivel,padwal
Nature:- it’s a erect herb with a creeping rootstock.
Flowers:-flower bearing branch is erect, leafy at the top: leaves two with 15-25 cm diameter, deeply divided in 3-5 lobes. Flowers 2.5 -5 cm diameter, white or pinkish, with cup shaped, usually solitary.
Fruits:-fruit ovoid, 2.5 -5 cm scarlet.
Medicinal uses:-the dried rhizomes of the plants are used in medicine .
The rhizomes contains a resin podophyllin. It is purgative: its action is slow but severe and a large doses can cause acute irritation and griping..