Hoya PARASITICA Wall.


Synonym : -
Bangla Name : Chera pata (Rema-Kalenga). ,Fessya gach (Chakma).
English Name : -
Family : Asclepiadaceae
Disease : Jundice, pain, And diarrhoea.
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
Distribution : Sylhet, Moulvi Bazar, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sunderbans, Jessore, Comilla on old plants.
Chemical Constituents : -
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.
Habit : Climber