Ipomoea PES-CAPRAE (L.) R.Br.
| Synonym : | Convolvulus bilobatus Roxb. Convolvulus brasiliensis L. Ipomoea brasiliensis (L.) Sweet Latrienda brasiliensis (L.) Raf. |
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| Bangla Name : | Chhagalkhuri. |
| English Name : | Goat’s Foot Creeper. |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Cooling, stomachic, laxative, bowels, blenorrhagia, piles, diarrhea, rheumatism, whitlow and colic. |
| Description : | A perennial with long trailing stem and milky juice, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 3.8-5.7 cm long, usually broader than long, shallowly or deeply 2-lobed, lobes rounded. Flowers large, 1-2 in axillary cymes. Corolla 3.8-5 cm long, funnel-shaped, brilliant rose-purple with a deeper colour in the tube. Capsule 1.3-1.6 cm long, ovoid. |
| Distribution : | Sand dunes along seacoast of Chittagong, Noakhali, Patuakhali, Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains flavonoids, resin, essential oil, pentatriacontane, triacontane, sterol and behenic, melissic, butyric and myristic acids. Leaves contain diastereomeric compounds, actinidols 1a and 1b and roots contain an alkaloid (Ghani, 2003). Seed extra |
| Uses : | Plant is cooling, stomachic, laxative and astringent to the bowels, used for the remedies of blenorrhagia, piles and diarrhoea. The leaves are applied externally in inflammation of the legs, rheumatism, whitlow and colic, juice is given as a diuretic in d |
| Habit : | - |