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State Medicinal Plants Board (SMPB) Kerala

Physalis angulata L.

  • Family: Solanaceae
  • Vernacular names: Njottanjodian, Pottichedi, ഞൊട്ടാഞൊടിയൻ , പൊട്ടിച്ചെടി (Malayalam), Country gooseberry (English), Avagutha (Sanskrit), Sodakku (Tamil)
  • Distribution: Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia
  • Description: Erect herbs. Leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate. Flowers yellow with purple spot, axillary, solitary. Fruit a berry, globose; seeds many, discoid, minutely rugose.
  • Habit: Herb
  • Habitat: Degraded forests and waste places
  • Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

  • Parts used: Whole plant
  • Properties & Uses: Plant is diuretic and it is used to treat fever. Leaves are used to treat stomach trouble, enema, abdominal pain and vaginal pain.
  • Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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