Linn.
Family _ Sapindaceae.
Habitat _ Throughout the plains of
India, as a wild climber.
English _ (Balloon Vine), Winter
Cherry, Heartseed.
Ayurvedic _ Kaakatiktaa,
Kaakaadani, Karnsphotaa,
Shatakratulataa.
Unani _ Habb-e-Qilqil.
 
Action _ Used in rheumatism,
lumbago, skeletal fractures, nervous
diseases, amenorrhoea, haemorrhoids,
erysipelas. The herb is used
in hairoils for treating dandruff,
alopecia and for darkening hair.
The plant extract showed significant
analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity
and sedative effect on CNS. The
drug also showed (transient) vasodepressant
activity.
Seeds contain triterpenoid sapogenols,
sterols; leaves contain a triterpene
ester, beta-amyrin, hexacosanol,
taraxerol, beta-sitosterol, quercetin
and taraxeryl acetate.
Careya herbacea Roxb., a related
species, is known as Kumbhaadu-lataa
in Bengal.
Dosage _ Bark—50–100 ml decoction.