Synonym : | S. prolifera Wall. ex Roxb. |
Bangla Name : | Kumarilata,Tong Lui Kak Chu, Krah Krow (Marma). |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Smilacaceae |
Disease : | Venereal diseases , rheumatism, blood dysentery, urinary complaints. |
Description : | A large, stout prickly climber. Petiole stout, with two large, leafy auricles below the middle, lamina narrowly elliptic, ovate-oblong or more rarely broadly elliptic, up to 20 cm long. Umbels 7-20, ternate or whorled in axillary and terminal panicles, 7.5-15 cm long, flowers small. Fruit a globose berry. |
Distribution : | Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | Roots are used in the treatment of venereal diseases and rheumatism. It is also used as a remedy against blood dysentery and urinary complaints in which the urine is dark and reddish. For this purpose the root ground with old molasses or with curd of cow’ |
Habit : | Climber |