Ipomoea MAXIMA (L.f.) Don. ex. Sweef.
| Synonym : | Ipomoea sepiaria Koen. ex. Roxb. Convolvulus maximus L. f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Ban Kalmi. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Convolvulaceae |
| Disease : | Cooling, alterative, tonic, aphrodisiac, ulcers, deobstruent, diuretic and arsenic. |
| Description : | A twinner with pilose stem. Leaves 2.5-7.5 cm long, ovate-deltoid to broadly ovate, acuminate, cordate, sometimes sagitte at the base. Flowers 2 or more in pedunculate subumbellate cymes, corolla 3-3.8 cm long, salver-shaped, light purplish or white, tinged with rose-purple. Capsule 8 mm long, smooth, spherical. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Jhalakati, Noakhali, Patuakhali, and Khulna. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Tubers are cooling, alterative, uterine tonic and aphrodisiac, cures ulcers. Juice of the plant is deobstruent and diuretic and antidote to arsenic. EtOH(50%) extract of aerial parts is diuretic and hypotensive (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | - |