Hugonia mystax L.
- Family: Linaceae
- Vernacular names: Modirakkanni, മോതിരക്കണ്ണി (Malayalam), Climbing flax (English), Kamsamar (Sanskrit), Akori, Kotivitai (Tamil)
- Distribution: India and Sri Lanka
- Description: Scandent shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic-obovate, glabrous, penninerved. Flowers yellow at the ends of branchlets. Fruits globose, drupe, seeds 2 or 3, compressed
- Habit: Climbers/Lianas
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Flowering & Fruiting: August-October
- Parts used: Fruits and root
- Properties & Uses: Anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory and febrifuge. Fruits are used for the treatment of rheumatism. Roots are used to treat dysentery, snake bite, fever, inflammation and rheumatism.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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