Tiliacora racemosa Colebr.
| Synonym : | Tiliacora acuminata Miers Menispermum acuminatum Lamk. |
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| Bangla Name : | Teliakora. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Menispermaceae |
| Disease : | snake-bites. |
| Description : | A large woody climber, branches cinereous, striate. Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, ovate, acuminate, cordate, truncate or rounded at the base. Flowers yellow, 6 mm across, in elongate, lax, axillary, racemose panicles, up to 30 cm long, branches 2.5 cm long, male 3-7 flowered at the apex, female 1-flowered. Drupes 1-10, reddish, 1.3 cm long, ovate, compressed. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Bagerhat, Kustia, Khulna, Faridpur, Rajshahi. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Two new bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids – tiliarine and tiliacorine along with six known alkaloids have been isolated from roots. Roots also contain bases A iodide, B iodide and D perchlorate, tiliacine, corine, mohinine and a new base-mosine. Tiliamosine |
| Uses : | Roots are rubbed between stones and mixed with water is given as a drink for the cure of venomous snake-bites. |
| Habit : | Climber |