Leptadenia

Leptadenia, Jivanti Cork Swallow-wortJivanti (Ayurveda)Palalkkodi, Keeripalai (Siddha)Doodhi Khurd (Unani) Leptadenia reticulata (Official drug)R. Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Dendrobium plicatile (Flickingeria fimbriata)W.J. Hooker, J.D. Hooker, Icones Plantarum (1890)  Dendrobium macraei (syn. Flickingeria macraei)K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Indian medicinal plants, (1918) Holostemma ada-kodien(Photo by Shantanu Kuveskar) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Leptadenia reticulataAccording to Indian sources, the…