Name – Mudakathan/Balloon Vine Plant
Binomial Name – Cardiospermum halicacabum
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Mudakathan/Balloon Vine Plant, known as the Cardiospermum halicacabum, Mudakathan Keerai, lesser balloon vine or love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed across tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Australia, and North America.
The leaves, roots, seeds and the baby leaves of this plant are all used for kaleidoscopic medicinal purposes.
Mudakathan keerai or leaves has strong anti-inflammatory properties.
The genus Cardiospermum consists primarily of herbaceous vines, which are cultivate in warm regions as ornamental plants. Extractions of Cardiospermum seed are include in skin creams that claim to treat eczema and other skin conditions.
The balloon vine is a strongly overgrown, perennial herbaceous climbing plant that can even become lignified at the base.
Growing over 10 meters high, it can bloom at a height of around 25 cm. The slender, grooved stems are hairy bald to sparsely downy.
The primary bioactive component of Balloon vine is phytosterols that have shown to have good anti-inflammatory properties making it effective to strengthen bones & joints and even manage rheumatism & limb stiffness.
C. halicacabum shows various medicinal properties such as antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antidiarrhoeal, anxiolytic, rubefacient, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, and anticarcinogenic.
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