Hedyotis SCANDENS Roxb.
| Synonym : | Hedyotis polycarpa R.Br. ex G.Don Hedyotis subscandens Griff. Oldenlandia scandens (Roxb.) Kuntze Petesia hita Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
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| Bangla Name : | Bishma, Bhuitida, Basachilla (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Disease : | Boils,stomach pain and diuretic. |
| Description : | A slender woody much-branched climbing shrub. Leaves sessile or shortly petioled, 7.6-12.7 cm long, elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate. Flower very small, white, subumbellate, in terminal, spreading, leafy cymes. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, in shady areas. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Warm leaf paste is applied on boils. An infusion of the leaves is given in stomach pain by the Chakma in Rangamati. EtOH(50%) extract of plant is diuretic (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | Shrub |