Paederia FOETIDA L.
| Synonym : | Apocynum foetidum Burm.f. Crawfurdia paniculata Griseb. Paederia chinensis Hance Psychotria volubilis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Reussia sarmentosa Dennst. |
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| Bangla Name : | Gandhabhaduli, Gandhal. ,Ghorbobhai shak (Tanchunga), Patabansludi (Chakma), Kha Bu Noya, Noya Bock (Marma). |
| English Name : | Chinese Flower Plant, Chinese Moon-creeper, Kings Tonic. |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, diuretic, emmenagogue, aphrodisiac, , epistaxis, ,rheumatic affections, ,styptic, vulnerary , astringent, diarrhoea and dysentery,herpes , loose motion, piles, inflammation and liver. |
| Description : | An extensive, foetid climber. Leaves opposite, ovate or lanceolate, acute or cuspidate, 2.5-3.8 cm long. Flowers violet, shortly pedicelled in slender tricholomous, often scorpioid paniculate cymes, about 15 cm long, corolla funnel-shaped. Fruit orbicular, wings pale, 1.1 cm across. |
| Distribution : | In most of the district on fences and bushes. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves are rich in carotene and vitamin C, and also contain high amount of protein consisting of arginine, histidine, lysine, tyrosine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, cystine, methionine and valine. Aerial parts also contain a crystalline keto alcohol paedero |
| Uses : | The plant is tonic, diuretic, emmenagogue and aphrodisiac, used in epistaxis, good for liver and stomach troubles and lumbago. It is regarded as a specific for rheumatic affections, in which it is administered both internally and externally. The leaves ar |
| Habit : | Climber |