| Synonym : | A. paniculata Cole.
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| Bangla Name : | Kakamari. |
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| English Name : | Levant Berries, Fish Berries, Cow killer |
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| Family : | Menispermaceae |
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| Disease : | Expectorant, rheumatism, imflammation and skin. |
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| Description : | A climbing shrub. Leaves 10-20 cm long, subcoriaceous, ovate-cordate, rarely oblong-ovate, base 3-nerved. Panicles on the old branches, 30-35 cm, pendulous, branched, glabrous. Flowers small, 6 mm diam. Fruit 16 mm, smooth, black |
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| Distribution : | Eastern part of the country |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Stems and roots contain alkaloids, berberine, palmitine, magnoflorine, columbine and the major tertiary alkaloid, 1,8-oxotetrahydropalmitine. Seeds contain picrotoxin, coculin and anamirtin. Pericarp yields alkaloids menispermine and paramenispermine. It |
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| Uses : | The berry is a good expectorant, removes gases from the intestines, good for rheumatism and as an application for imflammation. Ointment prepared from drupes are used as insecticide to destroy pediculi and used in chronic skin diseases. Berry is a fish po |
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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