Botanical Name : Salacia reticulata
English : Salaretin
Malayalam : Ekanayakam
Salaretin is a large woody climbing plant found throughout forests in India and Sri Lanka. In the vernacular, it is known as Ponkoranti (Tamil) Anukudu cettu (Telugu), Ekanayakam (Kannada), and Ekanayakam, Ponkoranti, or Koranti (Malayalam.). The roots and the stems contain potent antidiabetic chemical constituents. Traditionally, The roots of S. reticulata was prescribed for people with diabetes mellitus.(See More scientific Details here)
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this medicinal plant can be dangerous if you consume it without any advise from your doctor, so be careful.
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