Asclepias CURASSAVICA L.
| Synonym : | Asclepias cubensis Wender. Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada Asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora Griseb. Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. Ex Schult. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kakturi, Ban Kapas.,Si Gain Da (Marma). |
| English Name : | West Indian Ipecacuanha, Wild Ipecacuanha. |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Cancers, anthelmintic, haemorrhages, cardiotonic, purgative, emetic, febrifuge and astringent, asthma, fever, venereal diseases, piles, gonorrhea and Jaundice. |
| Description : | Description of the plant: An erect perennial herb or undershrub. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, narrowed into a short petiole, glabrous. Umbels axillary many-flowered, shortly peduncled, corolla orange-red, lobes reflexed, column stipitate. Fruits a pair of follicles, tapering at both ends. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Noakhali, Pirojpur, Jessore, Khulna, Jhalakathi, Barisal, in fallow lands and canal banks (Rare). |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains cardiac glycosides which include asclepin, calotropin, uzarin and their free genins, calactin, coroglucigenin and uzarigenin. Leaves also contain cardioactive glycosides, asclepiaside D, asclepiadin and vincetoxin. The plant also contai |
| Uses : | Various plant parts and latex are used against warts and cancers. Leaf juice is a good anthelmintic, useful in arresting haemorrhages. The plant is recommended for phthisis. Alcoholic extract of the plant is a strong cardiotonic. The root is purgative, em |
| Habit : | Herb |