Diploclisia GLAUCESCENS (Bl.) Diels.
| Synonym : | Cebatha macrocarpa (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze Cocculus macrocarpus Wight & Arn. Diploclisia inclyta Miers Diploclisia lepida Miers |
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| Bangla Name : | Ranga jat patalpur (B), Rangajat patalpur (Chakma),,Pissil patalpur (Tanchunga). |
| English Name : | Glaucescent diploclisia (E) |
| Family : | Menispermaceae |
| Disease : | Diarrhoea |
| Description : | A large woody, climber, stems up to 20 cm diam. Leaves usually coriaceous, 4-10 cm long, broadly ovate to suborbicular, apex rounded to acute, margin broadly and shallowly crenate. Inflorescences cauliflorous, about 50 cm long. Flowers very small, yellowish. Drupes yellow to orange, 14-22 ? 8-13 mm, slightly curved. |
| Distribution : | Rarely found in the forest areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains ginnol, ?- &?-sitosterol, an alkaloid - trilobine and a neutral substance (mp. 226-28°). Root contains alkaloid stepharine (Asolkar et al.,1992). |
| Uses : | The leaf extract is given to drink frequently among Tanchangyas for rapid cure from diarrhoea in Rangamati. |
| Habit : | Climber |