Distribution:
Found in sub-Himalayan tracts of Punjab and U.P. and throughout the Deccan Peninsula up to an altitude of 900 m.

Habit:
L. r. is a much-branched twining shrub. The bark is yellowish brown, corky, deeply cracked; the leaves are ovate-cordate, coriaceous glabrous above, more or less finely pubescent beneath; the flowers are in many-flowered cymes, greenish yellow; the follicles are sub-woody and turgid.

Principle constituents:
Leptadenol , n-triacontane, cetyl alcohol, ß-sitosterol, ß-amyrin acetate, lupanol 3-O –diglucoside and leptidin.

Indications:
The plant is stimulant and restorative and shows anti-bacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

Product range:
Spemen, Spemen forte