Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.
| Synonym : | Gymnopetalum cochinchinense (Lour.) Kurz. Bryonia cochinchinensis Lour. Cucumis tubiflorus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Euonymus chinensis Lour. Momordica tubiflora Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bati jhinga (B), Haa-eeh-chae (Chak), Tittol gulo (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Cucurbitaceae |
| Disease : | Body-ache and limb. |
| Description : | A rather slender creeper or climber, stem scabrid, hairy. Leaves 5-10 cm long, reniform to triangular, 5-angled or lobed half way, edges crenate-dentate. Male peduncle 2 from each axil, 1-flowered, other recemose, females 1-flowered, petals white, ovate-oblong, 13 mm long. Fruits 5 cm long, 10 ribled, beaked, orange. |
| Distribution : | More or less throughout the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is given to women in labour as a composition of a special drug. Root paste mixed with hot water is rubbed on the body in body-ache and atrophy of limb. |
| Habit : | Climber |