Mayurapada
Scientific name: Jatropha multifida
Family name: EUPHORBIACEAE
English name: Coral bush
Local name: Mayurapada erandu
Description: shrub or small tree with a single trunk, a loose, spreading crown and a typical height in cultivation of 6-10 ft (1.8-3.1 m), although it can grow up to 20 ft (6.1 m) tall. The very distinctive leaves are large, growing up to 12 in (30.5 cm) wide. They are cut deeply into 7-11 narrow lobes with the margins of each lobe themselves dissected into narrow pointed segments. They are dark green above and whitish beneath. The flowers are bright coral red and borne in flat-topped clusters on long stalks held high above the foliage.
Status: Exotic / Only under cultivation
Ayurvedic Treatment- Tumors
Cancers
Kidney Diseases
Venereal Diseases
PARTS USED IN TREATMENT:
Leaves
Latex
Root
Bark of the root
RELATED MEDICINAL PROPERTIES:
Febrifuge
Laxative
Vermifuge
Healing Effect
Diuretic