Cardiospermum HALICACABUML.
| Synonym : | Cardiospermum acuminatum Miq. Cardiospermum inflatum Salisb. Cardiospermum moniliferum Sw. ex Steud. Cardiospermum truncatum A.Rich. |
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| Bangla Name : | Lataphatkari, Sibjhul, Lataphatki. ,Kalaboitta (Chakma), Nala maiachi (Marma). |
| English Name : | Baloon vine, Winter cherry, Hearts pea, Heart seed. |
| Family : | Sapindaceae |
| Disease : | Rheumatism, gonorrhea, anthelmintic, dropsy, measles, stimulant, diuretic, piles, amenorrhoea, gonorrhoea, rheumatism, erysipelas, intestinal worms, diaphoretic, emetic, laxative, rubefacient, emmenagogue, occasionally, lumbago, fever and nervous diseases |
| Description : | A climber with wiry stems. Leaves 3.7-7.6 cm, deltoid, 2-ternate, ultimate segments of the leaves lanceolate, inciso-serrate. Flowers very small, white, in few-flowered axillary, umbellate cymes, peduncles slender, 3.8-10 cm long, provided with two circinate tendrils at the top. Capsules 1.25-3.7 cm wide, depressed-pyriform, trigonous, truncate at top, bladdery. |
| Distribution : | Throuhout the country in fallow lands |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains cyanogenic glycosides, saponin, flavones, sterols and essential oil. Leaves contain pinitol, glucuronides of apigenin, chrysoeriol and luteolin. Fatty acids of the seed lipid include arachidic, linoleic and stearic acids. Seed oil also |
| Uses : | The whole plant, rubbed up with water is applied to rheumatism and stiffness of the limb. The juice of the plant promotes the catamenial flow during the menstrual period. It is also a demulcent in gonorrhoea and in pulmonary affection. In Indo-China the p |
| Habit : | Climber |