Name: Paris polyphylla ( Smith)
- Common name: Satuwa
- Vernacular name:
- Family: Melanthiaceae
- Habit: Perrenial herb
- Habitat: It grows mainly in a forest with bamboo groves, grassy or rocky slopes, stream-sides, mixed conifer forests and scrub thickets
- Parts used: Rhizome
- Distribution: Himalayan regin North-Eastern India
- Uses: Apply in curing burns,cuts,diarrhea,dysentery,fever,stomachache and wounds