Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Acacia scandens (L.) Willd. Entada scandens (L.) "Benth. p.p." Lens phaseoloides L. Pusaetha sca |
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| Bangla Name : | Mug gila |
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| Family : | Mimosaceae |
| Disease : | Mumps |
| Description : | Perennial, Vines, twining, climbing, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Climbing by tendrils, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Br acts very small, absent or caducous, Bracteoles present, Flowers sessile or nearly so, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals united, valvate, Petals greenish yellow, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a loment, jointed, separating into articles, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seed with elliptical line or depression, pleurogram, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black. |
| Distribution : | The species occurs in the forests of Chittagong, Chittagong hill tracts,Cox’s Bazar and Sundarbans. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Prosapognine A, lupeol, ?-sitosterol, entanin an antitumor saponin from seeds. Pericarp, B-sitosterol, a-amyrin, quercetin, cyanidin chloride and gallic acid. Myristic, palmitic, stearic, arachidic, behenic, oleic, Iinoleic and linolenic acids from seed o |
| Uses : | The plant is used in Mumps. |
| Habit : | Climber |