Ipomoea PES -TIGRIDIS L.
| Synonym : | Convolvulus pes-tigridis (L.) Spreng. Ipomoea capitellata Choisy Ipomoea hepaticifolia L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Languli lala. |
| English Name : | Tiger’s Foot, Bindweed, Cupid’s Flower. |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Purgative, bolis, carbuncles and dog-bites. |
| Description : | A slender, annual twiner, stem patently hirsute. Leaves 3.8-10 cm diam., palmately divided up to the base with 5-9 segments, segments elliptic to elliptic-oblong, densely appressed or patently hairy. Flowers few in head-like involucrate axillary cymes, corolla 3-4 cm long, funnel-shaped, white. Capsule 5 mm, ovoid, papery, concealed in the calyx. |
| Distribution : | Dinajpur. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds showed presence of ergoline and clavinet alkaloids, total alkaloids 0.0025% (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | Roots are purgative, used for the treatment of bolis, carbuncles and dog-bites. EtOH(50%) extract of plant is spasmolytic (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | - |