Paederia LANUGINOSA Wall.
| Synonym : | Hondbesseion lanuginosum (Wall.) Kuntze Paederia macrocarpa Wall. ex G.Don. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nakbhaduli (B),Wa ma (Marma.) |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Boils. |
| Description : | A large foetid, climber. Leaves 10-15 cm long, opposite, long-petioled, broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, scaberulous above, wooly beneath. Panicle short, stout, scurfily tomentose. Corolla 18 mm long, funnel-shaped, pink, wooly within. Fruit about 20 mm long, compressed ellipsoid with erect calyx teeth. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Marma in Chittagong Hill Tracts apply leaf paste over boils to draw out pus. |
| Habit : | Climber |