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Botanical Name :
Argyreia
nervosa / A. speciosa
Sweet
Sanskrit name
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Convolvulaceae
English Name :
Elephant
Creeper, Woolly Morning Glory
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Part Used:
Root
Description of
Argyreia nervosa / A. speciosa:
Throughout India, up to an altitude of 300 meters high. It is a very
large woody climber. The stem is stout, white and tomentose. The leaves
are large, ovate-cordate, glabrous above, persistently white tomentose
beneath, base cordate and petiole is long. The flowers are in sub-capitate
cymes. The Calyx, white tomentose outside. The Corolla is long, tubular
- infundibuliform, silky pubescent outside and glabrous inner. The
fruits are globose and apiculate.
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Principal Constituents :
It contains many ergoline alkaloids.
Pharmacology:
Speman', consisting of several ingredients of plant material
including this species, is reported to exhibit
anabolic-cum-androgen-like activity in mice. It posseses significant
spasmolytic and hypotensive activities. It is a local stimulant and
rubifacient
Toxicology:
A few of the ergoline alkaloids reported in this plant are
hallucinogenic.
Medicinal Uses:
The root is bitter, aphrodisiac, diuretic and used in
gonorrhoea, rheumatism and diseases of the nervous system. It is also
used as a tonic.
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