Argyreia CAPITIFORMIS (Poir.) Oostr.
| Synonym : | Argyreia capitata Choisy Convolvulus capitiformis Poir. Ipomoea capitata Roem. & Schult. Lettsomia capitata Blume Lettsomia strigosa Roxb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Anuway-khujeya (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Ear pinnae |
| Description : | A large climber with milky juice, branches hispid. Leaves 7-13 cm long, ovate to orbicular, rarely oblong-lanceolate, base shallowly to deeply cordate, suddenly short acuminate, sparsely hispid on both sides. Inflorescence of dense, capitate cymes in the axils of the leaves, on long peduncles. Bracts and sepals bristle-hispid.Flowers 3-4 cm long, redish-purple or pink. Fruit globose, orange to reddish. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Mymensingh, Moulvi bazaar, Rangpur, Noakhali, Sylhet, Dhaka, in marginal forests and village thickets. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Leaf-ash is used in eruption at the junction of ear pinnae |
| Habit : | Climber |