Abutilon INDICUM (L.) Sweet


Synonym : Abutilon arborescens Medik.
Abutilon asiaticum var. subasperum Fosberg
Abutilon cavaleriei H.Lév.

Bangla Name : Potari.
English Name : Country Mallow.
Family : Malvaceae
Disease : fevers,chest infections, gonorrhoea and urethritis,leucoderma
Description : An erect woody undershrub. Leaves ovate, cordate irregularly toothed, covered on both surfaces with white down. Flowers solitary, axillary, calyx 5-lobed, tubular below, lobes ovate-acute, corolla yellow, petals 5, connate below and adnate to the tube of the stamens. Ripe carpels 15-20, longer than the calyx, truncate or shortly awned.
Distribution : In most of the districts in fallow lands.
Chemical Constituents : Leaves and other aerial parts contain mucilage, tannin, alkanol, flavonoids, saponins, cyanidin-3-rutinoside, asparagin, ?-amyrin, ?- sitosterol, eudesmol, geraniol, caryophylline, sesquiterpene lactones, tocopherol oil (0.3%), essential oil and eugenol.
Uses : Infusion of the leaves and roots is diuretic and demulcent, used in fevers, chest infections, gonorrhoea and urethritis, leaves cooked and eaten in bleeding piles. Stem bark is astringent, diuretic, febrifuge, anthelmintic, lessens perspiration, good in s
Habit : Shrub