Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex Hook.f.
| Synonym : | Wattakaka volubilis (L. f.) Stapf. Asclepias volubilis L.f. Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth.ex Hook |
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| Bangla Name : | Titakunga, Nakachikni, Madhumalati. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asclepiadaceae |
| Disease : | Inflammations ,bowels, piles, tumours, leucoderma, asthma , urinary discharges ,colds,eye diseases,sneezing boils, abscesses. |
| Description : | A large twining shrub, older branches ash-coloured. Leaves 6.3-15 cm long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate. Flowers numerous, green or yellowish green, in lateral drooping umbellate cymes, peduncles arising from between the petiols, 2.5-5 cm long, pedicels 6-25 mm long, very slender, corolla rotate, about 12 mm diam. Follicles 7.5-10 cm long, slightly tapering to a very blunt point, rugosely striate. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Tangail, Sundarbans, Narail, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Drevogenin D has been isolated from seeds, hydrolysate of seed extract yields drevogenins B, D, and P, D-cymarose, (+)methyl pachybioside, oleandrose, pachybiose and digitoxose. A new glycoside - dregoside A along with drevogenin A and drebbysogenin G has |
| Uses : | The plant is tonic, aphrodisiac, antipyretic and astringent to the bowels, good for dyspepsia and inflammations, cures piles, tumours, leucoderma, asthma and urinary discharges. It is also used in colds and eye diseases and to cause sneezing. Leaves are a |
| Habit : | Shrub |