ipomoea QUAMOCLIT L.
| Synonym : | Convolvulus pennatifolius Salisb Convolvulus quamoclit (L.) Spreng. Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy |
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| Bangla Name : | Tarulata, Kamalata, Kunjalata, Getphul. |
| English Name : | Cypress Vine, Indian Pink, Cupid’s Flower. |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Cooling, purgative, cancer, pain, piles and carbuncles. |
| Description : | A slender annual, twiner. Leaves 7.5-12.5 cm long, pinnately cut, up to the midrib into many pairs of linear to filform patent segments. Flowers 1-few in axillary cymes. Corolla salver-shaped, red, tube 2.5-3.5 cm long. Capsule ovoid about 1 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Commonly grown in the gardens. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves and stems contain small amounts of alkaloids and cyanogenetic glycosides. Seeds have been reported to contain the resin glycosides, quamoclins I-IV and jalapin (Ghani, 2003). Total alkaloid in seeds was found 0.012% (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | The plant is considered cooling and purgative, used in cancer and Brest pain. Pounded leaves are applied to bleeding piles and as a plaster to carbuncles. |
| Habit : | - |