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| Bangla Name : | Chera pata (Rema-Kalenga). ,Fessya gach (Chakma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Asclepiadaceae |
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| Disease : | Jundice, pain, And diarrhoea. |
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| Description : | A tall climber, stem stout or slender. Leaves thickly fleshy, glabrous, 7.6-12.7 cm long, ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3-5-nerved. Flowers in axillary umbels with 7.6 cm peduncle. Calyx small, 5-partite, lobes ovate, corolla rotate, lobes 5, 1.25 cm diam., pearly white, coronal-process longer than the corolla-tube |
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| Distribution : | Sylhet, Moulvi Bazar, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sunderbans, Jessore, Comilla on old plants. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | - |
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| Uses : | Leaves are used for the treatment of Jundice, extract and paste is used to alleviate body pain. Leaves are also given to cows for diarrhoea in Rema-Kalenga. |
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| Habit : | Climber |
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