Merremia VITIFOLIA (Burm. f.) Hallier f.


Synonym : Ipomoea vitifolia Sw.
Bangla Name : Ta Mangha, Khyai pacha, Kha Mongno (Marma).
English Name : -
Family : Convolvulaceae
Disease : Strangury , urethral discharges, cooling , diuretic,inflammation and stomachache.
Description : A large, glabrous or patently hirsute twiner. Leaves 5-15 cm diam., palmately 5-7 lobed, lobes triangular acuminate, hairy above, young one bronze-coloured. Flowers 1-7 in pedunculate cymes, corolla yellow, sub-campanulate, 2.5-5 cm long. Capsule 1.3 cm diam., subglobose.
Distribution : Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sherpur.
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : The plant is given in strangury and urethral discharges. The juice of the plant is considered cooling and diuretic. A lep is prepared consisting of the juice of this plant, lime juice, opium and Coptis teea, which is applied around the orbit of the eye in
Habit : -