Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
| Synonym : | Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult. Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. ex Steud. Nerium reticulatum Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Karanta (Bangla),Dudlat (Garo). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asclepiadaceae |
| Disease : | Sores, ascites, dropsy, cholera, dysentery, tonic, rheumatism and pain. |
| Description : | A large twining shrub. Leaves 7.5-12.5 cm long, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate. Flowers small, greenish yellow, in short paniculate cymes. Follicles 5-10 cm long, straight, divaricate, gradually tapering to a blunt point from middle. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Madhupur, Rajshahi, Jamalpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Plant contains a pyridine alkaloid, buchanamine, a nicotinoyl gluco-alkaloid and triterpenoids. Leaves contain a cardenolide cardiac glycoside, crypyosin, ?- and ?-amyrin, four alkaloids, quindoline, cryptolepine, cryptolepine HCl and hydorxycryptolepine, |
| Uses : | Various plant parts used in sores, ascites, dropsy, cholera, dysentery bodyache and snake-bite. Plants are given to children as a cure for rickets. Leaves are tonic. Root bark is used in rheumatism, paste is given internally in abdominal pain, pounded roo |
| Habit : | Shrub |