Abroma AUGUSTA (L.) L.f.
| Synonym : | Abroma alata Blanco Abroma angulata Lam. Abroma angulosa Poir. Abroma sinuosa G.Nicholson |
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| Bangla Name : | Ulatkambal. ,Polumaoeba (Chakma), Daiya (Garo). |
| English Name : | Devil’s Cotton. |
| Family : | Sterculiaceae |
| Disease : | amenorrhoea and dysmenorrhoea, irregular menses and pain |
| Description : | A large shrub. Leaves large, 10-15 by 10-12.5 cm, repand-denticulate, upper smaller, narrower, entire. Flowers solitary, axillary, pendulous, peduncle up to 4 cm long, sepals 2.5 cm, lanceolate, petals scarcely exceeding the sepals, dark red. |
| Distribution : | Generally cultivated. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain taraxerol, its acetate and ?-sitosterol. Stem bark contains friedelin and ?-sitosterol. Root and root bark contain gum, fixed oil, resin, alkaloids, abromine, choline and betaine, ?-sitosterol, stigmasterol, digitonide, magenesium salts of |
| Uses : | Root bark is uterine tonic and a reputed emmenagogue. It is used in amenorrhoea and dysmenorrhoea, regulates irregular menses and pain. The fresh viscid juice of the root-bark is useful in the congestive and neuralgic varieties of dysmenorrhoea. Leaves an |
| Habit : | Shrub |