Awesome ! I also visited Vithiri (Wayanad) for 4 days during October and came across several plants you have posted. This is one among them. This is an important medicinal plant. "Ceylon Clematis" used in Ayurveda. Brief info on its use : It contains alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolics, terpenoids, etc.The aerial parts of Naravelia zeylanica traditionally used in vitiated vata, pitta, inflammation, skin diseases. Vine is crushed and inhaled to cure headache; fresh stems chewed in toothache; plant paste consumed with Borassus flabellifer for chest pain. Young leaves paste applied on skin diseases and ulcers, and on forehead for cold and headache; roots of Eranthemum palatiferum pounded with leaves of Naravelia zeylanica and applied to treat bone fracture. Crushed roots inhaled to cure cold and fever . Some n A few names used in karnataka are : balluli hambu, charachara balli, naakchaikani, neendamalli
On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 12:13:35 AM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > [image: Vythiri, Wayanad] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49146977626%2Fin%2Fdateposted%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHyIsHbuyt40YQA8qswqfjWkZbXgw> > > Vythiri Wayanad > *Date*: November 13, 2019 ... *Altitude*: about 700 m (2,300 ft) asl > ------------------------------ > *Naravelia zeylanica* (L.) DC. > [image: Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49102570378%2Fin%2Falbum-72157711899765527%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH_5z-_pd5jB3DLMdj3XvF6qGxIKQ> > > > [image: Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49102570653%2Fin%2Falbum-72157711899765527%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHr3e5CZh3CdZ9cXvACOR9GSQZpTQ> > > > [image: Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49102571283%2Fin%2Falbum-72157711899765527%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGKnG7jX2GVaUO4sH5QafpRteMSuA> > > > [image: Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F49103077351%2Fin%2Falbum-72157711899765527%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFoqnrxqFIWX9j6viLzrPiG7vUVbQ> > > > Regards. > Dinesh > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/b43cc583-b4cc-4147-99dc-8fa84e662ff0%40googlegroups.com.
