संस्कृत नाम- एलवालुकम्
Botanical name - Gisekia pharmaceoides
Description - Diffuse subsucculent herbs. Leaves spathulate-oblong, subopposite. Flowers small, many, in subsessile, axillary, umbellate cymes. Fruit with blackish, glandular, subreniform seeds
Chemical_Constituents- Plant contains oxalic, succinic, tartaric, citric acids, triacontane, myristone, tetracisanol and dotriacontane.
Uses - Plant aperient and anthelmintic, used in taenia. Seeds - astringent