Thunbergia GRANDIFLORA (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.
| Synonym : | Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottl. Pleuremidis grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Raf. Thunbergia chinensis Merr. Thunbergia cordifolia Nees. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nillata, Nallata. ,Deldi pata, Del lodi (Chakma), Lachuia-nui, La Soain Nuya (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | eye diseases, urinary bladder and elephantiasis. |
| Description : | A large climber. Leaves 15.25 x 7.6 cm, ovate or uppermost lanceolate, often angular or lobed, scabrid or pubescent. Racemes usually stout, pubescent, somewhat dense-flowered, or more slender, elongate. Flowers conspicuous, corolla blue, 5-7.6 cm long, tube ventricose, curved, limb oblique, lobes 5, rounded. Capsule 2.5-5 cm, globose, suddenly narrowed into a barren sword-shaped beak. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Gajipur, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar , Tangail. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Leaves are used as a poultice in stomach complaints. Watered down sap of the stem is used to treat eye diseases in Chittagong Hill Tracts. Sap blown from the stem is given in eye pain, it has some cooling effect in the eyes (Marma). Leaves are used to tre |
| Habit : | Climber |