Smilax PERFOLIATA Lour.


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