Passiflora FOETIDA L.
| Synonym : | Decaloba obscura (Lindl.) M.Roem. Dysosmia gossypiifolia M.Roem. Granadilla foetida (L.) Gaertn. Passiflora nigelliflora Hook. Tripsilina foetida (L.) Raf. |
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| Bangla Name : | Jhumkolata, Gorak Phal. ,Aanu akma (Marma), Mathri gula (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Passion-flower, Stinking Passion-flower. |
| Family : | Passifloraceae |
| Disease : | Skin diseases , sore , hysteria, headache,biliousness , asthma and emetic. |
| Description : | A slender climber. Leaves palmately 3-lobed, 3.8-6.3 cm long. Flowers 2.5 cm across, white with purple centre, solitary, axillary, with an involucre of finely pinnatifid bracteoles. Fruit like a small gooseberry, yellow when mature. |
| Distribution : | More of less throughout the country in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Five flavonoids, pachypodol, 4, 7-dimethylnaringenin, ermanin, 4, 7-O-dimethyl naringenin and 3, 5-dihydroxy-4, 7-dimethoxy flavanone, have been isolated from the leaves. Ten flavonoids (apigenin), including ermanin, have been isolated from the resin pres |
| Uses : | The plant is used in the form of lotions or paste for skin diseases with inflammation. Hot infusion of the dried plants is useful for sore throat. Leaves are considered emmenagogue, prescribed in hysteria, applied to head in giddiness and headache, decoct |
| Habit : | Climber |