Ipomoea ALBA L.
| Synonym : | Calonyction album (L.) House Calonyction speciosum Choisy Convolvulus pulcherrimus Vell. Ipomoea bona-nox L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dudhkalmi, Halkalmi. |
| English Name : | Moon Flower. |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Purgative, filariasis, constipation, boils and wounds. |
| Description : | A twinner with milky juice. Leaves 7-21 cm long, ovate to oblong or orbicular, entire or 3-lobed, cordate at base, acuminate. Flowers one to several in axillary cymes, corolla 7-12 cm long, salver-shaped, white with greenish midpetalline bands. Capsules 1.5-3.5 cm long, ovoid. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Manikganj, Mymensingh, Pabna, Rajshahi, Sylhet. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains a resin like substance. Leaves contain calonyctin A (Ghani, 2003). Seeds contain alkaloids, ipalbine and ipalbidine. They also contain kauranoic acids (Asolkar et al., 1992). Fourteen gibberellin type substances have been isolated from |
| Uses : | The root bark possesses purgative properties. In Samoa, leaves are used in filariasis, constipation, boils and wounds. |
| Habit : | - |