Argyreia NERVOSA (Burm. f.) Boj.
| Synonym : | Argyreia speciosa (L. f.) Sweet Convolvulus speciosus L. f. Ipomoea speciosa (L. f.) Pers. Lettsomia nervosa (Burm. F.) Roxb. Rivea nervosa (Burm. f.) Hallier f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Bijtarak, Guguli. |
| English Name : | Elephant Creeper. |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Aphrodisiac, diuretic alterative, tonic, gleet, gonorrhoea, strangury, chronic ulcers, skin and abscess |
| Description : | A large twiner, stem white tomentose. Leaves 8-17 cm long, ovate to orbicular, base cordate, glabrous above, persistently white-tomentose beneath. Inflorescence of axillary subcapitate cymes on long, stout peduncle. Bracts larger than the calyx. Flowers large, corolla 3.5-7 cm long, funnel-shaped, rose-purple. Fruit about 2 cm across, globose. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Gazipur, Comilla, Jessore, Norshingdi, Sherpur, Sylhet, Noakhali, Patuakhali, Chittagong Hill Tracts, in forests and village thickets |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain l-triacontanol, ?-sitosterol, epifriedelinol and its acetate. Seeds contain fatty oil and 19 ergoline alkaloids (3 mg/g), the hallucinogens: isoergine, ergine and penniclavine, lysergic acid amide and isolysergic acid amide, ergometrine, ca |
| Uses : | The root is aphrodisiac, diuretic alterative and tonic, used in gleet, gonorrhoea, strangury, chronic ulcers. The leaves are maturative and absorptive, used in skin diseases and as an emollient poultices for wounds. Leaves are used as a local stimulant an |
| Habit : | Climber |