Cocculus HIRSUTUS (L.) W.Theob.
| Synonym : | Cebatha hirsuta (L.) Kuntze Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels Cocculus villosus DC. Menispermum hirsutum L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Daikhai, Jalajmani, Heyer, Huyer. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Menispermaceae |
| Disease : | Cooling, soothing, prurigo, eczema, impetigo, gonorrhea, alterative, laxative, demulcent, rheumatism, diseases, dyspepsia and stomachache. |
| Description : | A climber, young parts densely and softly villous. Leaves 3.8-6.3 cm long, ovate-oblong, subdeltoid or subhastate, obtuse or retuse, softly villous on both surfaces. Male flowers in small, axillary, cymose panicles. Female flowers in axillary clusters, 2-3 together. Drupe size of a small pea. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Bagerhat, Dinajpur, Jhalakathi, Kustia. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Aerial parts of the plant contain a large number of isoquinoline alkaloids including coclaurine, magnoflorine, trilobine, haiderine, cohirsine and cohirsitinine. Roots and stems also contain coclaurine, magnoflorine trilobine and its iso derivatives and a |
| Uses : | Leaf juice mixed with water forms a jelly, which is cooling and soothing, and applied in prurigo, eczema, impetigo and gonorrhoea. Decoction of the root is alterative, laxative and demulcent, used in chronic rheumatism, venereal diseases, dyspepsia and st |
| Habit : | Climber |