Byttneria pilosa Roxb.
| Synonym : | Byttneria elegans Ridl. Byttneria pilosa var. pellita Gagnep. Chaetaea pilosa (Roxb.) Adelb. Commersonia pilosa G.Don |
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| Bangla Name : | Harjora.,Salam Vra (Marma), Chaala ludhi (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Sterculiaceae |
| Disease : | fractured bones. |
| Description : | A large woody climber with grooved, strigose, branchlets. Leaves 10 cm, long, suborbicular, palmately 3-lobed, pilose on both surfaces. Flowers minute campanulate, in a lax much branched inflorescence. Capsule globose, size of a large chery, studded with subulate barbed prickles. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Srimongal, Gajni (Sherpur) and Habiganj. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is used in the treatment of fractured bones. For this purpose paste of the tendrillar stem with leaves are tied round the limbs. |
| Habit : | Climber |