Aristolochia TAGALA Cham.


Synonym : Aristolochia acuminata Lam.
Aristolochia roxburghiana Klotzsch
Aristolochia subsagittata Blanco
Bangla Name : Iswarmul. ,Paranga ludi, Tajjya ludi, Harin-kan shak (Chakma), Mochoi ma kang (Tripura).
English Name : -
Family : Aristolochiaceae
Disease : Tonic and stomach pain.
Description : A large woody perennial twiner. Leaves 10-20 cm long, ovate or ovate-oblong (the upper often subsegittately lanceolate), acute or acuminate, cordate. Flowers numerous, in lax racemes, most of the flowers abortive, usually only one fertile. Perianth 5-6.3 cm long, base globose, greenish-yellow, tube curved, mouth oblique, lip linear, obtuse. Capsules 2.5-3.8 cm long, globose-pyriform or oblong-ellipsoid.
Distribution : Common in forests of Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Chemical Constituents : Root contains aristolochic acid (Asolkar et al., 1992).
Uses : Root is considered tonic and emmenagogue, used as antifertility drug. An infusion of stems and roots mixed with warm water is taken several times as a remedy for stomach pain by Chakmas in Rangamati district. Aristolochic acid isolated from root is ant
Habit : Small tree