Ichnocarpus FRUTESCENS (L.) R. Br.
| Synonym : | Apocynum frutescens L. Beluttakaka malabarica (Lam.) Kuntze Echites frutescens (L.) Roxb. Gardenia volubilis Lour. Ichnocarpus leptodictyus F.Muell. |
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| Bangla Name : | Dudhi, Syamalota. ,Tabu chi (Marma), Dudhnoi (Chakma), Bhutta ludi (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Black Creeper. |
| Family : | Apocynaceae |
| Disease : | Sarsaparilla, cooling, demulcent, alterative, tonic, diaphoretic, diuretic, fever, dyspepsia, skin troubles, diabetes, scabies and pain. |
| Description : | A large, much-branched twining shrub, containing white latex in its all parts. Leaves 4.5-7.5 cm long, elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate. Flowers small, greenish white, numerous, in axillary and terminal rusty-pubescent trichotomous pedunculate cymes. Fruit a follicle, 10-15 cm long, slender, cylindric. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in scrubs. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain flavonoids and phenolic acids and stems contain a new triterpene glycosides (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Uses : | The roots are employed as a substitute for Sarsaparilla, it is cooling, demulcent, alterative, tonic, diaphoretic and diuretic, used in fever, dyspepsia, skin troubles, diabetes and stone in the bladder. A decoction of the stems and leaves is used in feve |
| Habit : | Shrub |